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Four propeller-driven fighters planes flying in formation

154th Observation Squadron

Map featuring airport buildings and runways

Airplane and objects being dropped by parachute from it

Airdrop Training

Many propeller-driven airplanes in formation on flight line

Airdrop Training

Map of Arkansas with colored sections showing Arkansas area codes

Diesel train and cars in rail yard

Arkansas Midland Railroad

Jet airplane on flightline

Jet airplane on flightline, helicopter in rear

Paper label "Bachman Port"

Tug boat in the center of river pushing a barge

Paper label "Bear Cat grape wine"

Map of Arkansas with colored sections with percentage of black population change listed in each labeled county

Black Population Change 2020

Grapette bottle cap

bottle opener with Grapette name and red box

Newspaper front page "Brinkley Argus"

Propeller-driven transport plane being towed from hanger

C-130J Hercules

Propeller-driven airplane in flight

Large tree in foreground of park

Champion American Beech

10 cent postage stamp with words "Rural America" and "Chautauqua" and image of tents.

Chautauqua Stamps

Gigantic boxy white Jesus statue with outstretched arms atop a hill

Christ of the Ozarks

Wooden Crate "Clem's Bottling Works"

Tower with a clock face on it and multistory brick buildings in the background

Large structures being built in river

Sign with information regarding the Benton Courier

Commemorative Plaque

African American woman and white woman working in garden

Community Event

Three people sitting on dam with water overflowing

Devil’s Den Dam

People standing on deck of steamboat

Frank R. Hill Steamboat

Train crossing bridge with steamboat in the background

Catalog with flowers on cover

Group of people working on crafts at table

White man riding in open car in parade with spectators observing

Gehlbach Parade

Advertisement featuring photos of five different varieties of grapes

Grape Varieties

Line drawings of plans for grist mill

Grist Mill Plans

White men approaching helicopter

Helicopter Crew

White man operating ferry on river

Henderson Ferry

Carousel behind fence

Herschell-Spillman Carousel

Map of Arkansas with colored sections with percentage of Hispanic population change listed in each labeled county

Hispanic Population Change 2020

Map of Arkansas with colored sections with percentage of housing units change listed in each labeled county

Housing Units Change 2020

Jet airplane in hangar with repair and diagnostic equipment

Map of Arkansas with colored sections showing judicial districts

Judicial Districts

Man standing in small boat on roof of building

Brochure with photos of two white men

Red propeller-driven airplane "Little Rocket"

Heavy construction equipment on runway

LRAFB Base Construction

Group of white people some in military uniform in front of housing unit

LRAFB Base Housing

Group of white males in military garb

LRAFB Early Staff

Four white men sitting in two old cars in front of large stone building

Book cover "Maudelle: A Novel Founded on Facts Gathered From Living Witnesses"

Equipment for making moonshine located outdoors

Moonshine Still

Yellow and gray biplane

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