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African-American men and women posing beneath "Philander Smith College" banner

White man with mustache in military uniform with cap

Eugene Abington

Chart indicating various life cycle changes of a worm

Acanthocephala Life Cycle

Super long white worm adjacent to a ruler

"Northeast Arkansas Regional AIDS Network" flyer with contact information

White man smiling in suit in comic book like advertisement with text

Alford Campaign Comic

Letter with picture of white man in suit and picture of Arkansas flag

Alford Support Letter

Flyer instructing voters how to vote for Dale Alford, also noting "Dale Alford Is For States Rights Against Forced Integration"

White man in suit and tie sitting at his desk with flag and U.S. Capitol visible in the background through a window

White man in suit and tie holding white woman's hand up with sign in background reading "Vote for Dale Alford for Congressman."

Thomas and L'Moore Alford

Nurses in uniform marching in parade while spectators view

American Red Cross Parade

Single story brick building with covered entrance

Archer Hospital

Multistory brick building with parked cars outside and trees

Arkansas Baptist Hospital

Multistory buildings under construction with trees and houses in the background

Arkansas Baptist Medical Center

Multistory concrete tower building with parking lot in foreground

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Sign "Second Site Arkansas College of Medicine"

Arkansas College of Medicine

white wooden building with sign reading "Arkansas Country Doctor Museum"

Arkansas Country Doctor Museum

Two and three-story brick buildings with rows of windows surrounded by trees and street

Arkansas Health Center

Multistory brick buildings on hill with fences and grounds on post card labeled "Arkansas Insane Asylum, Little Rock, Arkansas"

Arkansas Insane Asylum

White man in suit and glasses standing next to historical marker and wreath

Arkansas Post Dedication

Sprawling multistory complex with pond in the foreground

Arkansas State Hospital

Parked cars outside multistory building with arched windows

Arkansas State Hospital

Multistory buildings on parking lot with trees and parked cars

Arkansas State Hospital

Tall building with rows of windows and flags in the foreground

Army-Navy Hospital Building

Multistory building with parking lot with sign and trees in the foreground

Ashley County Medical Center

A striped fish on a black background

Banded Pygmy Sunfish

Different views of a bedbug

White man with long mustache and short beard in suit

Group of African-American men and women standing outside multistory storefront on street

Black Diamond Drug Company

"Pellagra" newspaper clipping

White man in suit speaking at lectern with white man in suit standing behind him

Boozman Campaign

White man with glasses speaking at lectern with African-American woman with glasses and white woman standing behind him

Boozman Speaking

White man smiling in suit and tie

Different views of a fly

White man with mustache wearing a suit and white bow tie

Augustus L. Breysacher

Older African-American woman with hat standing with three younger African-American women in coats

Minnijean Brown

Partly demolished multistory building inside fence

Building Demolition

Two men and two women standing before a display on an easel

Bumpers Vaccine Research Center

White woman in red dress speaking at a lectern

African-American man with glasses in suit and tie speaking into microphone

Group of white men and boys in ties standing in group photograph

White man in military uniform with cap

William Hickman Calaway

Four white men in matching uniforms standing in bakery with large oven and bread racks behind them

Camp Pike Bakery

Group of white women in nursing uniforms socializing indoors in high-ceilinged room at "Base Hospital" at Camp Pike, Arkansas

Camp Pike Nurses

Multistory building with "The Children's Drug Store" on shop windows

Children's Drug Store

White babies and dollar signs with "Hey There! Follow us to the Children's Drug Store" written below them

Children's Drug Store Ad

Infected cells under microscope with corresponding letters

Chlamydia and Infections

Blue purple and white map of Arkansas with key

Chlamydia in Arkansas

Doctors tools saw and knives on white background

Civil War Surgical Instruments

African-American man and woman sitting in chair

Mamie and Kenneth Clark

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