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Official Program for multiple meetings including the "38th annual reunion United Confederate Veterans"

1928 UCV Reunion Program

White man in gray military uniform with rifle on program for the fifty-ninth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans

1949 UCV Reunion Program

Decorated gates and displays inside large hall

Agricultural Exhibit

Soldiers with guns at rest on their shoulders marching down town street

White children smashing grapes in wooden buckets on platform beneath sign "Altus Grape Festival" while other white children and adults watch them

Altus Grape Festival Grape Stomping

Round building with cupola and spire

Arkansas Building, 1876

Men in helmets marching in parade with rifles over their shoulders

White woman and children dancing with goats in costumes

Arkansas Goat Festival

poster "2008 Arkansas Literary Festival" featuring stacked books

Arkansas Literary Festival Program

Multistory building with people standing on balcony

Arkansas State Building

Multistory enclosed stadium building with red awnings and glass doors on parking lot

Barton Coliseum

White woman standing between two white men

Barbara Brothers

"Cabotfest 1987 Pizza Hut 5k Run" black entrance form

Black raffle ticket for a "1983 Ford Thunderbird" with red text

Cabotfest Raffle

"Arkansas is natural" hot air balloon on street with crowd

Cabotfest; 1980

Parade consisting of some cattle in front of large crowd on city street

White men racing cardboard boats with crowd

Cardboard Boat Race

Flyer saying "The Arkansas Centennial Commission in association with the WPA...Presents American Sings"

Centennial "America Sings" Event

Yard sign next to street saying "World Cheese Dip Championship"

Cheese Dip Championship

Mixed crowd on town street with multistory brick buildings on both sides of them

Downtown parade with marching band soldiers spectators brick buildings "rexall drugs westinghouse coca cola."

Clarksville Armistice Day Parade

Large crowd gathering in brightly colored rain jackets by glass windowed modern building and steel bridge

William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park Dedication

White woman holding Cabotfest materials

Two white women seated amid papers and books

Mary Craig and Karen Waldrip

Red

Dermott Crawfish Festival Shirt

White woman wearing sash and holding bouquet of flowers

Leanne Derryberry

Displays of photographs inside large hall

Educational Exhibit

white men in top hats and long coats posed on either side of man holding sign that reads "Elk's Minstrel Tonight."

El Dorado Elks Parade

Apple on "Arkansas State Fair 1909" post card

"Arkansas State Fair" arch sign over double gate with fence with single-story building and enclosed stadium in the background

Cattle barn building with metal siding on fairground parking lot

Fairgrounds Cattle Barn

Two white women, one white man, seated before microphones

four white people in horse-drawn cart riding in parade down street lined with onlookers

Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival Parade

Displays of wood products in large hall

Forestry Exhibit

Round button with Confederate battle flag in center and blue and red text

Fundraising Button

Young white woman with crown and "Miss Arkansas" sash smiling with American flag behind her

Young boy in long sleeve shirt picking cotton with a bag around his neck

Gosnell Cotton Pickin' Contest

Brick "Hall of Industry" building with glass doors on parking lot

Hall of Industry

Displays of fruits and agricultural products inside large hall

Horticulture Exhibit

Street with metal building next to carnival rides with Ferris wheel and loop roller coaster

Independence County Fair

African-American guitar and brass band on stage

James Cotton Blues Band

White woman and white man sitting amidst flowers with multistory house in background

Jonquil Festival

African-American woman hanging up multicolored clothing in a tent with table

Juneteenth; 2018

African-American men and women looking at Corvette sports cars on street in front of multistory brick building

Juneteenth; 2018

African-American women selling handmade dolls under tent canopy

Juneteenth; 2018

Mixed audience dancing at outdoor festival

King Biscuit Crowd

Mixed crowd sitting in the grass watching a concert

King Biscuit Blues Festival

Large crowd gathered around outdoor stage in town

King Biscuit Blues Festival Crowd

African-American man in white shirt suspenders and hat sitting and laughing with white women posing with him outside brick building

Portrait of young white woman with short hair

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