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"Welcome to Altus" sign with brick base and roof

Altus Wineries Sign

Four-wheeled vehicle covered in tarp with "Mammoth Black" written on it

Crowd of people sitting and standing under trees outside multistory stone building with covered porch

Arkansas Folk Festival

Crowd of people with folding chairs gathered around a multistory stone building in town square

Arkansas Folk Festival

Chair on book cover with text on gray background

Arkansas Made 2nd Edition, Vol. 1

Drawing of white men women and children and white text on book cover

Arkansas Made 2nd Edition, Vol. 2

Pistol vase metal can table and quilt design on black background with red yellow and white text

Arkansas Made Vol. I

Picture of three white men playing chess on red background with blue white and gold text

Arkansas Made Vol. II

Drawing of white man in flowing jacket and skirt holding large knife. At the bottom it says "Is not your Government more magnanimous than to hunt down women and children?"

Arkansas Toothpick

White man on a white horse talking to a white family outside a log cabin with the word "Whisky" written above the front door

Arkansas Traveler by Edward Washbourne

"Arkansas Traveler"

"Arkansas Traveler"

Page of sheet music "Arkansas Traveler"

Arkansas Traveler Music

Arkansas Wet/Dry Counties

Purple and red 5/8 cents State of Arkansas wine tax stamp

Arkansas Wine Tax Stamp

White man in suit and hat with three white women smiling on cart pulled by cow outside log cabin

"Arkansaw Traveler"

yellow restaurant menu

Arlington Hotel Menu

African-American men and women at lectern

Eliza Jane Ashley Citation

African-American woman cooking in kitchen with pot on stove

Eliza Jane Ashley

White man in suit speaking at lectern accompanied by African-American women with glasses

Eliza Jane Ashley

Train tracks next to warehouse buildings outbuildings and parking lot as seen from above

Atkins Pickle Company; 1950s

Group of white men and forklift exiting "Atkins Pickle Company" packing warehouse on parking lot with sign and cars

Atkins Pickle Company; 1955

Train running on tracks in between warehouse buildings and two-lane residential street as seen from above

Atkins Pickle Company; 1990s

Two white men in suit and tie with five white women wearing aprons in office

Eighteen-wheeler "Atkins Pickles and Peppers"

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