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Men in hats covered in oil with a spewing oil derrick

Oil Field Workers

Aerial view of oil refinery with round tanks and buildings with town in the background

Oil Production in El Dorado

Wooden tower beside pool of black liquid

Two rows of train cars on railings

Metal building with water tower and parking lot

Metal "city hall" building with garage and water tower

Oil Trough City Hall

White man women and children standing in cotton field with bags over their shoulders

Oil Trough Cotton Pickers

wood buildings in dirt field with tree

Oil Trough Cotton Gin

White man in hat and overalls using horse drawn plow in his garden

Oil Trough Bottoms

"Oil Through Arkansas" historical marker sign

Oil Trough Sign

Three barn-like building, wood framed with connecting pipes and chimneys with farm field in foreground

Oil Trough Cotton Gin

Abandoned building with covered porch and wood siding on grass

Oil Trough Store

Old white man standing next to a dirt wall from which protrude pipes pouring oil into a pit

White man in striped shirt handing an Oilers jersey to white man in spotted shirt

Oilers Owner Harry Brandt and Catcher Johnny Palazzini

single-story church building with cross topped cupola

Construction site with multistory buildings in the background

Okay Construction

Group of white and African-American men posing for a group photo in factory

Okay Cement Plant Workers

Single-story brick stores and garage building on two-lane road

Side view of steel truss bridge and trees

Fenced-in cemetery with iron "Okolona Cemetery" sign inside it

Okolona Cemetery

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

White three-bay garage building with single-story extension

Okolona Fire Dept.

Horse drawn carriage crossing steel arch wooden bridge over river

Aerial view from far above of town and surrounding areas

Ola Aerial View

Multistory storefronts and houses on dirt road

Ola Street Scene

Two white men and two white women sitting outside with banjos fiddles and saxophone

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

Section of old and crumbling highway with newer road parallel to it

Old Arkansas 51

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

Single-story stone building with green roof on gravel driveway

Old Cord School

Multistory building with tower and trees

Multistory building with arched windows on street with parked cars in front of it

Old Federal Building

Crowd of white men and women outside church building

Old Folks' Singing

Three white men in cowboy hats pose with donkey and black woman judge at fair

Old Guard Home Parody

White "Welcome to Old Hickory established 1858" sign on grass

Old Hickory Sign

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

brick building with windows and pointed roof

Old Independence Regional Museum

Model store front with shelves of various items and sign reading "Phillips 66"

Old Independence Regional Museum Exhibit

mannequin dressed as indigenous person posed with iron pot in front of mural depicting indigenous life

Old Independence Regional Museum Exhibit

Orange metal gate and "Old Jackson Cemetery" sign on dirt road

Old Jackson Cemetery

"Old Jackson" road sign on pole

Old Jackson Road

Two-story stone building with balcony and barred windows, American flag

Old Jail Museum

Building with stone walls and three stone front columns with parking lot

Old Kingdom Hall at The Pines

Town buildings with mountain in the background

Old Magazine, with View of Mount Magazine

Three-story brick building with two towers and trees in courtyard

Old Main, ca. 1960s

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