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Multiple story cabin with balcony and covered porch on hill side

Rabbit Foot Lodge

Front view of multiple story cabin on hill side with trees and steps covered in leaves

Rabbit Foot Lodge

Group of older white women standing in a row holding sheet music in dresses and heels with bows in their hair

Rackensack Folklore Society

One white woman

Rackensack Folklore Society, Pulaski County

Group of white musicians with their instruments on outdoor stage

Rackensack Members

White man with harmonica and text on songbook cover

Wayne Raney Songbook

Pink book with purple text and picture of young white man holding a harmonica

Wayne Raney Sheet Music

Trees and buildings painted on hog sculpture with brick building in the background

Razorback Statue

Abandoned cabin with rusted metal roof and bare trees in front yard

Reeves-Melson House

Men and women doing ballet on a stage with purple lights

Reflections by Gerald Arpino

White man in cowboy hat and suit on "Beautiful Woman" songbook cover

Charlie Rich Music

Five-story courthouse building with round entrance section on city street

Richard Sheppard Arnold Courthouse

Building with stone walls and A-frame roof

Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post 20

"Riggs Hamilton Post Number 20" engraved stone in brick wall

Riggs-Hamilton Legion Post Cornerstone

Old white man in hat and suit holding a harmonica

Billy Lee Riley

Close-up of vinyl record with red label and deer illustrations

"Home of Rimrock Records" hanging vinyl record shaped sign

Rimrock Records Sign

Small abandoned service station building painted yellow on parking lot

Rison Cities Service Station

Abandoned gas station building with weathered sign and parking lot

Rison Texaco Service Station

Five-story hotel building with arched windows on top floor and striped awing on first floor over the words "hotel restaurant" painted on front window

Concrete plaque with names engraved

Robinson Center Cornerstone

Program cover "Music Hall Grand Opening"

Robinson Grand Opening

Multistory house with covered porch and flag pole inside iron fence on street corner

Joseph Taylor Robinson House

White man in checked shirt and white scarf

"Rock N Roll Highway 67" sign with street and red truck

Rock 'n' Roll Highway

Giant guitar and amplifier shaped signs on grass

Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway Route Sign

Close-up of multistory building with stone walls and double staircase with "Hughes" sign in front of it

Rock-work Detail

Museum exhibit of rock music items displayed on the wall and in cases

Rockabilly Exhibit

White man smiling in beard and sweater with guitar

Bearded white man with glasses smiling in suit and tie

School building with slide swing set and tree in front yard

Rosenwald School

Old white man smoking a pipe holding a crutch by house

T. J. Rowbotham

White man and woman standing outside single-story house inside wooden fence

Rowland-Lenz House

Abandoned multistory house with covered porch under cloudy skies

Rowland-Lenz House

Round box office window with red tile walls

Royal Theatre Box Office

Interior of theater with rows of seats with armrests and light on brick wall

Royal Theatre Seats

Two-story house with closed-in porch

Two-story house with screened in porch and fence

Single-story brick house with gabled roof and carport

Older African-American man with mustache smiling in suit with bow tie holding a harmonica

Older African-American man with mustache sitting with guitar on stage singing into a microphone

Bobby Rush in Concert

One room concrete jail building with tiny widows and open door

Single-story brick building with plaque above the door

Russellville Public Library

Close-up of single-story brick building

Russellville Public Library

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