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African American man in collar and tie

"Lonnie" Clayton Article

“Arky” Vaughan

Multistory building with arched windows and tower with tree in the foreground

1874 Courthouse

Multistory building with row of columns on street

Albert Pike Memorial Temple

fountain with bronze statue of cartoon figure holding a can of spinach in front of gazebo

Alma: Popeye Statue

White children smashing grapes in wooden buckets on platform beneath sign

Grape Stomping at Altus Grape Festival

Tower with copper clad steel frame and columns in wooded area

Anthony Carillon Tower at Garvan Woodland Gardens

Machinery under fluorescent lights in shop room

Black and white line drawing of building

Architectural Drawing

Multistory brick and concrete building with

Arkansas Arts Center

white baseball team poses in field in front of multistory stone and brick building

Arkansas Conference College Baseball Team

Young white women in matching skirts and turtleneck sweaters white man in suit and white man in military uniform

Arkansas Conference College Women's Basketball Team

Men in helmets marching in parade with rifles over their shoulders

White woman and children dancing with goats in costumes

Arkansas Goat Festival

Arkansas Literary Festival Program

Cannon on wooden platform pointed over body of water

Arkansas Post Cannon

Men in hockey uniforms talking to group of boys

Arkansas Riverblades

Native American man with feathered headdress and text on program cover saying

ASU Homecoming Program

Group of young white men wearing football helmets with football labeled

Second District Agricultural School Football Team

White men with trophy and young men behind them cheering

Tech Men's Basketball

Group of young white women in matching athletic jackets with their male and female coaches kneeling in front of Arkansas Tech University billboard

Arkansas Tech's Women's Basketball Team

White children eating pickles with table and white crowd around them

Pickle-Eating Contest at Atkins Pickle Festival

Attractions Sign

White man in hat, sweater, baseball pants, walking away from two men on horses in background

Babe Ruth at Oaklawn Park

Multistory rounded concrete building with

Barton Coliseum

Oval-shaped stadium and surrounding buildings with residential area and trees in the background

Barton Coliseum

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

Barton Coliseum

Group of men dressed in baseball uniforms seated on ground with two men in ties standing behind them

Group of young white women in sleeveless shirts and shorts standing in line against a brick wall with ball

Batesville Pioneers

Group of young boys in sports jerseys posing in classroom

Basketball Team

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

Independence County Fair

Multistory brick building with scaffolding under construction

Bathhouse Construction

Brick building with large front windows and people sitting inside and a slender chimney and trees

Lamar Bathhouse

fully dressed white men in bath house sitting in hall way with changing rooms on both sides

Huffman Hamilton Bathhouse

Single-story buildings alongside spring-fed stream with cattle nearby

Bathhouse Row; 1867

Three-story building with elaborate awning on front and striped awnings on windows on street with Army-Navy hospital in background

Fordyce Bathhouse

Shirtless white men in bath house with stalls and beds

Building with arched windows and columns with cars in parking lot

Bathhouse; 1953

Trees and shoreline reflected in lake

Bear Creek Lake

White boy and girl with Alice in Wonderland cutout and stone building

Wonderland Cave

Lake with trees growing out of the water and wooden dock in the foreground

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Small log building with buggy and two grinding wheels

Blacksmith Shop

Layered rock features on cave ceiling

"Cave Bacon" at Blanchard

Three tiered natural water fall with trees and rock pool

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Blanchard Springs Caverns

Tourists wearing hard hats with lights on them inside a cave

Blanchard Springs Caverns

artificially lit cave with striated stalactites

Blanchard Formations

striated stalactites in cave

Blanchard Flowstone

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