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Brown and Brown Tailors interior in Helena Photo 2: Brown and Brown Tailors interior in Helena, not dated. Phillips County Scenes photograph collection, 1864-1941 (UALR.PH.0046) Date: undated Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this…
Cates Motor Service in Fort Smith Date: 1930 Physical Format: photographic prints sepia See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1044/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature this item People and Machines
Drilling crew covered with oil in Smackover oil field Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3591/rec/1 More from this collection Oil Industries of Arkansas Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1939 (UALR.PH.0059)…
Unidentified railroad crew in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3609/rec/1 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Exercises that feature this…
Train at railroad station with passengers and workers onboard, Hot Springs Date: Physical Format: 4.5 x 7.5 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/10979/rec/1 More from this collection Hot Springs Buildings Photograph Collection, 1893-1905 (UALR.PH.0014)…
Steam-powered sawmill operation in southwest Arkansas Date: Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/942/rec/1 More from this collection Exercises that feature this item From Trees to Lumber
Train hauling flat cars of logs in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3616/rec/2 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Exercises…
Logs being loaded on to train cars in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3615/rec/1 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088)…
Group portrait of unidentified saw crew in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3611/rec/1 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Exercises…
Two men driving flatbed of lumber hauled by mules in Ashley County Photo 2: Two men driving flatbed of lumber hauled by mules in Ashley County, Arkansas, not dated. Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Date: undated Physical…
Man hauling log to Petit Jean sawmill Photo 1: Man transporting log to Petit Jean sawmill, ca. 1904. Lumber and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1904-1930 (UALR.PH.0029) Date: 1904 Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See…
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, pediatrician and public health administrator Photo 5: Dr. Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933), pediatrician and public health administrator. She was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General of the…
Charlie May Simon at book signing Photo 4: Charlie May Simon (1897–1977) signs a book for a young fan. Simon was an author known primarily for her children’s literature . Charlie May Simon Papers, 1927-1977 (UALR.MS.0006) Date: undated Physical Format:…
Florence Price Smith, composer Photo 3: Florence Smith Price (1888-1953). She was the first female African American composer in the United States, whose work was performed by a symphony orchestra, not dated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date:…
Roberta Waugh Fulbright (1874-1953) Photo 7: Roberta Waugh Fulbright (1874-1953) was the owner and publisher of the Northwest Arkansas Times, not dated, ca. early 20th century. Women in Arkansas photograph collection, ca. 1850s-1980s (UALR.PH.0067) Date: undated Physical Format: black and…
Helon H. Arlitt, first female pilot in Jefferson County and one of the earliest in the state, with airplane Photo 5: Helon H. Arlitt, first female pilot in Jefferson County and one of the earliest in the state, ca. 1920.…
Charlotte Stephens portrait Photo 4: Charlotte Stephens (1854-1951), the first African American teacher in the Little Rock school district, worked as a teacher for 70 years, not dated. Women in Arkansas photograph collection, ca. 1850s-1980s (UALR.PH.0067) Date: undated Physical Format:…
Emily Alquest, photographer in Paragould Photo 3: Emily Alquest, who owned and operated her own photographic studio in Paragould after working for a male photographer in the early 1900s, not dated, ca. early 20th century. Women in Arkansas photograph collection,…
Emma Thompson Morris, rice farmer in Prairie Longue, Arkansas Photo 2: Emma Thompson Morris (1858-1917). She inherited a farm after her husband’s death. Her experiments with rice culture on Prairie Longue in 1902 made her the first successful rice farmer…
Dr. Fannie M. Cooper, dentist in Little Rock in 1895 Photo 1: Dr. Fannie M. Cooper, a dentist in Little Rock in 1895. She was listed in the bulletin for the Atlanta Exposition as one who “takes High Rank among…
Mrs. Hunt and Miss Erle Chambers, Arkansas’ first two female legislators Photo 2: Mrs. Frances Hunt of Pine Bluff (right) and Miss Erle Chambers of Little Rock (left) walk down a street. They were Arkansas’s first two female legislators, 1923.…
People and Machines Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1893-1939 Introduction In the past, all work was done by people. People made everything by hand, even tools that they used. Around three hundred years ago, that began to change.…
From Trees to Lumber Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1900-1979 Introduction In this activity, you will look at seven black and white photos that show the wood industry in Arkansas in the early 1900s (early 20th century). Wood…
Trailblazers (Grades 7-12) Theme: Women of Arkansas Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1854-1980 Introduction A Trailblazer is a person who leads the way in any new field or endeavor; someone who is among the firsts in a particular field.…
Trailblazers (K-4) Theme: Women of Arkansas Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1854-1980 Introduction A Trailblazer is a person who leads the way in any new field or endeavor; someone who is among the firsts in a particular field. Another related…