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White children smashing grapes in wooden buckets on platform beneath sign Grape Stomping at Altus Grape Festival
Men in helmets marching in parade with rifles over their shoulders Arkansas Day
White woman and children dancing with goats in costumes Arkansas Goat Festival
poster Arkansas Literary Festival Program
White children eating pickles with table and white crowd around them Pickle-Eating Contest at Atkins Pickle Festival
Multistory enclosed stadium building with red awnings and glass doors on parking lot Barton Coliseum
Street with metal building next to carnival rides with Ferris wheel and loop roller coaster Independence County Fair
Carnival rides with fence and banner Strawberry Festival
Cabotfest Form
Black raffle ticket for a Cabotfest Raffle
Cabotfest; 1980
Cattle barn building with metal siding on fairground parking lot Cattle Barn
Giant watermelon parade float in field with flowering bush in the foreground Watermelon Festival
Downtown parade with marching band soldiers spectators brick buildings 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
Holiday Inn sign congratulating Miss America Congratulations Sign
white men in top hats and long coats posed on either side of man holding sign that reads El Dorado: Elks Parade
Apple on Fair Postcard
Fairgrounds
Two white women, one white man, seated before microphones FilmFest Panel
four white people in horse-drawn cart riding in parade down street lined with onlookers Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival Parade
Round button with Confederate battle flag in center and blue and red text Fundraising Button
Young boy in long sleeve shirt picking cotton with a bag around his neck Gosnell: Cotton Pickin' Contest
Brick Hall of Industry
White men racing cardboard boats with crowd Cardboard Boat Race
Man in suit waving at the crowd riding in a parade float labeled the Heber Springs: Ozark Frontier Trail Festival
White children eating peaches with white man and building behind them Peach-Eating Contest
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
Young white woman with crown and Kelly George
Large crowd gathered around outdoor stage in town Festival Crowd
Mixed audience dancing at outdoor festival King Biscuit Crowd
Mixed crowd on town street with multistory brick buildings on both sides of them Cherry Street
Mixed crowd sitting in the grass watching a concert King Biscuit Blues Festival
African-American guitar and brass band on stage James Cotton Blues Band
African-American man in white shirt suspenders and hat sitting and laughing with white women posing with him outside brick building Albert King
White woman wearing sash and holding bouquet of flowers Leanne Derryberry
Parade featuring white man riding in convertible Lindbergh in Little Rock
White man in uniform with cap watches white woman in dark dress suit and dark hat breaking bottle on side of large airplane KC-135 Christening
Horse-drawn wagons in parade on city street with crowds of people standing in front of multistory buildings Livestock Show Parade
African-American man playing guitar on stage with mixed band Robert Lockwood Jr.
White woman holding Cabotfest materials Lou Cook
Group of four young white women posing for camera Miss America Candidates
White man in suit and white woman wearing sash and tiara Montgomery and Clinton
Young white woman smiling in tiara and sleeveless dress Naylene Vuurens
horses and jockeys on track and large buildings with flags and spectators behind Oaklawn Racetrack
Crowd of white men and women outside church building Old Folks' Singing
Mill machinery with belts and pulleys War Eagle Mill Interior

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