UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Dunbar custodial staff 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/12317/rec/1 More from this collection National Dunbar Alumni Association Historical Collection (UALR.MS.0021) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the…
Taylor Gulf Gas Station Photo 6: A service station employee fills up a Ford Country sedan, Little Rock, 1958. Earl Saunders, Jr., photographs, 1870-1977 (UALR.PH.0106) Date: 1958 Physical Format: negatives See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/15791/rec/1 More from this collection…
Women using adding machines at state revenue department Date: 1954 Physical Format: negatives See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/16865/rec/2 More from this collection Earl Saunders, Jr., photographs, 1870-1977 (UALR.PH.0106) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the Past
Arkansas Gazette composition room Date: 1939 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/10253/rec/1 More from this collection Arkansas Gazette Business Files, 1819-1983 (UALR.MS.0187) Exercises that feature this item Workers of…
Arkansas Gazette office interior in Little Rock Date: 1939 Physical Format: See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1911/rec/1 More from this collection Arkansas Gazette Business Files, 1819-1983 (UALR.MS.0187) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the Past
Teachers and principal from a school in Forth Smith Date: 1910 Physical Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/2007/rec/1 More from this collection Education photograph collection, ca. 1880-1930 (UALR.PH.0011) Exercises that…
Fort Smith telephone office in Fort Smith Date: 1900 Physical Format: photographic prints sepia 4 x 6.5 in. See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1049/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature 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)…
L. A. Amis typewriter shop in Fort Smith Date: 1900 Physical Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in. photographic prints sepia See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1096/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature…
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…
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.…
Workers of the Past Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1900-1969 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…
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.…
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…