Cotton bales loaded on train cars in Lee County

Cotton bales loaded on train cars in Lee County Photo 4: Train cars are loaded with 319 bales of cotton in Lee County, ca. 1910-1920. Agriculture photograph collection, ca. 1893-1941 (UALR.PH.0053) Date: 1912 Physical Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in. postcards…

Cotton shipment in Jackson County

Cotton shipment in Jackson County Photo 3: Cotton shipment in Jackson County, ca. 1900. Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927 (UALR.PH.0056) Date: 1900 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog…

Scott Bond’s office

Scott Bond’s office Photo 10: Scott Bond’s office, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 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/1939 More from this collection Scott…

Bond family in car

Bond family in car Photo 9: Bond family sit in car, including Scott and wife, Magnolia, in back and sons, Ulysses and Theophilus, in front, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7…

Scott Bond and family in garden at home

Scott Bond and family in garden at home Photo 8: Scott Bond and family in garden at home, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See…

The Cedars, Scott Bond’s home in Madison

The Cedars, Scott Bond’s home in Madison Photo 7: The Cedars, Scott Bond’s home in Madison, Arkansas, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this…

Scott Bond’s blacksmith shop

Scott Bond’s blacksmith shop Photo 6: Scott Bond’s blacksmith shop, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 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/1927 More from this…

Scott Bond’s gin with cotton ready for shipping

Scott Bond’s gin with cotton ready for shipping Photo 4: Scott Bond’s gin, ca. 1916. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 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/1928…

Scott Bond’s gin

Scott Bond’s gin Photo 5: Scott Bond’s gin with cotton ready for shipping, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 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/1931…

Scott Bond’s farm

Scott Bond’s farm Photo 2: Scott Bond’s farm, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 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/1932 More from this collection Scott…

Workers at Scott Bond’s farm unloading alfalfa

Workers at Scott Bond’s farm unloading alfalfa Photo 1: Workers at Scott Bond’s farm unloading alfalfa, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s…

Dunbar custodial staff

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

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

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

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…

Teachers and principal from a school in Forth Smith

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Changes in Agriculture (mid-20th Century)

Changes in Agriculture (mid-20th Century) Theme: Agriculture Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1966 Introduction Agriculture has always been critical to the Arkansas economy. In the Arkansas Territory (1819 – 1836), over 90% of the Arkansas population worked on the…

Cotton in the Early 1900s

Cotton in the Early 1900s Theme: Agriculture Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1900-1920 Introduction Cotton has been one of the most important agricultural crops in the history of the US economy. After the invention of the cotton gin in…

Big Farms in the Early 20th Century

Big Farms in the Early 20th Century Theme: Agriculture Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1916-1917 Introduction Before the mid-20th century (1900s), most farms around the world practiced subsistence farming. This means that they were small and run by a…

Workers picking cotton

Workers picking cotton Photo 5: Workers pick cotton in a field, not dated, early 20th century. Agriculture photograph collection, ca. 1893-1941 (UALR.PH.0053) Date: undated Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record…

Workers of the Past

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

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.…