At the main table Monday night during the 20th annual dinner meeting of the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission, two visiting governors and their wives engage in light conversation. From left are Mrs. Orville L. Freeman, Minnesota Governor Freeman; Iowa Governor Herschel Loveless, and Mrs. Loveless. River Highway Aims Pictured. Stress Put on Historic, Scenic Places. A vivid word picture was painted here Monday of a Great River Road to flank the Mississippi river from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The picture emerged during speeches which highlighted the 20th annual meeting of the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission at the Monteleone hotel.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.