First Lady Betty Ford swings her partner James Fowler, of Beaumont, during a visit to the Bicentennial City, Gladys City, which is a reconstructed boom-town that sprang up around the Spindletop oil strike in 1901. Mrs. Ford has been touring Texas as the May 1 primary draws near.

Photo is dated 1976.

Photo measures 9.5 x 8 inches.