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Oaklawn Park Racetrack Trading Card

Presidential helicopter in flight from below

Obama's Helicopter

Clay bowl on stool

Book of stamps with blue butterfly and red text on yellow backgrounds

Official State Butterfly Stamps

Arkansas flag graphic 25 stars lining diamond with name and four stars in center

Official State Flag

Purple flowers on green stems in field

Ohio Spiderwort

Side view of steel truss bridge and trees

Weathered gray and white building and sign on dirt road

Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium

Weathered building with overgrown vegetation surrounding it

Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium

"Ol' Man River," Performed by William Warfield

A mature bald eagle tethered to a perch by an ankle cord in front of a photographic backdrop.

Multistory brick building with central tower on grass

"Austin" historical marker sign on grass

Old Austin Marker

Abandoned concrete bridge with fieldstone railings in forested area

Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridge

Multistory building with tower and trees

Concrete bridge over water with trees in background and foreground

Old Highway 16 Bridge

Bridge over railroad tracks under construction

Old Highway 16 Bridge Construction

Looking across rural highway bridge with trees on both sides

Old Highway 16 Bridge Entrance

Diagram showing location of town buildings in Jackson Arkansas

Old Jackson Map

Demolished section of concrete arch bridge over river

Old Main Street Bridge Demolition

Old white man with hat sitting in wooden chair

Old white man with hat and mustache smoking a pipe

Old Man with Pipe

"Mike" gravestone with older gravestone in front of it

Old Mike Headstone

View looking across abandoned steel truss bridge over river with broken overgrown wooden landing in the foreground

Old River Bridge

Steel truss bridge reflected in foggy river with trees on both sides

Old River Bridge

Steel truss bridge over river with trees on both shores

Old River Bridge

Steel truss bridge cleared grounds and river

Old River Bridge Restoration

Cartoon of an African-American woman holding steak on a plate above building with green text "Old South Restaurant"

Old South Restaurant Menu

Wooden electric chair with leather straps on display

Neoclassical building with four columns and iron fence on street

Old State House Etching

Handwritten petition in ink on faded paper

Old State House Petition

Two-lane rural highway without painted lines

Cracked rural highway with single-story house and silos in the distance

Old U.S. Highway 67

Two-lane highway with signs and trees on both sides

Old U.S. Highway 67

curved gravel road with autumn trees on both sides

book cover "Strange Scenes in the Ozarks. Lettering and Art by M. E. Oliver."

M. E. Oliver's Strange Scenes in the Ozarks

Abandoned rusting multistory gin building with covered entrance and walkway

Olyphant Cotton Gin

White man and dogs with log cabin and train behind him with red and black text

On a Slow Train Through Arkansaw

Organism as seen under microscope

Statue of Liberty in red on Arkansas Ordnance Plant employee manual cover

Ordnance Plant Employee Manual

picture of white woman on signed Arkansas Ordinance Plant badge

Ordnance Plant I.D. Badge

Large crowd gathered on town street and empty lot adjacent to two-story storefront

"Dr. Z. Orto 1842 to 1923" grave marker at cemetery

Zaphney Orto Grave

Ostracods under magnification with corresponding letters

Ostracod Morphology

Ostracod diagrams with labeled parts

Ostracod Valve Features

"Ouachita County" map with borders roads cities waterways

Ouachita County Map

Camouflaged Ouachita Dusky Salamander resting on oak leaf on on rock

Ouachita Dusky Salamander

View from dam of street and multistory buildings with tower and river running through tree covered countryside in the background

Salamander head and gills with salamanders on black background below it

Ouachita Streambed Salamander

Brick oven and brick wall ruins outdoors

Outdoor Stone Oven

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