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Twin engine airplane flying above rural landscape

U.S. Air Force multiengine airplane in flight

Jet airplane on flightline

"U.S. Air Force" jet in flight, tail number "50672"

Jet airplane on flightline, helicopter in rear

Older white woman in black posing with an open book on a table

Young white woman in military uniform with cap

Lucille Babcock

Young white woman driving military truck

Lucille Babcock

White man and woman in period clothing on stage with angel statue

Lucy Babcock on Stage

White man in suit and glasses

White toddler in graduation robes standing in front of brick wall

Baby of Arts Degree

Multistory brick building with old cars parked near and sign on top saying "Hotel Bachelor"

White man in military uniform

William C. Bacon

"Bailey's" ice cream stand on parking lot

Bailey’s Dairy Treat

postcard of multistoried light building with gabled roofs and chimneys "The Baker Hospital Eureka Springs Arkansas"

Massive explosion and mushroom cloud over water as seen from an atoll, with various ships dimly visible near the base of the mushroom cloud

Baker Nuclear Test

Wood frame building with signs "Baker & Son Cafe," "Coca-Cola," "Cafe," and "Chicken" and cars

Multistory brick buildings "Rialto" "Twin City Bank"

Bank and Theater

Multistory concrete building with sign saying "Bank of Dardanelle" with the second letter L in Dardanelle hanging

Bank of Dardanelle

Multistory brick building with sign saying "Bank of Prescott"

Bank of Prescott

Brick storefront and two-story bank on street corner

Bank of Scranton

Group of older white men and women with glasses in formal clothing eating at long tables in dining hall

Barlow Hotel Banquet

four men in basketball uniforms in mid game play with one African American player jumping in the attempt to make a basket

Jim "Bad News" Barnes

Older white woman with lipstick and curly hair

Drawing of large

Barnhill Fieldhouse

Multistory rounded concrete building with "T H Barton Coliseum" on the front with four entrances and front-mounted flag poles

Barton Coliseum

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

Barton Coliseum

White man in suit and tie holding a transistor set

Red black green and blue text on poster with two old white men

The Bashful Bachelor

African-American woman wearing dark colored dress with double strain shell necklace

Group of white girls in uniforms posing with milk truck

Batesville Dairy Truck and Cheerleaders

Town buildings and homes on streets from above

Batesville Aerial View

group of men and children fishing in river

Batesville Fishing

Tall narrow building and railroad tracks with train cars and mill

Batesville Lime Mill

Large stacks of white marble squares sitting in front of white marble building

Batesville Limestone

Multistory brick buildings on street with parked cars lined up in front of them and people on street corner

Batesville Street Scene

Traffic driving by "Ben Franklin" store and brick store fronts on city street with street lamps under blue skies

Batesville Street Scene

White man in military uniform poses by "Fort Curtis" sign, white people chatting in background

Battle of Helena Monument

"The Battle of New Orleans," Performed by Jimmy Driftwood

Single-story houses with animals and trees

Bayou Homestead

two men dressed for the outdoors holding shotguns and dead ducks in front of a row of old cars parked in a field

Bayou Meto Duck Hunters

White soldiers with machine gun and bazooka perched on hill side

Bazooka and Machine Gun

Older white woman sitting with two white children

Ruth Olive Beall

Older white woman with glasses sitting at desk

Ruth Olive Beall

grid photo of four young white men

"Beatles stop in Arkansas yea yea but only briefly" newspaper clipping

Beatles Stopover Article

"Unfriendly Beatles bug in and out of Walnut Ridge" newspaper clipping

Beatles Stopover Article

Cars and boat trailers parked near river

Beaver Boat Launch

Red barn overlooking lake with mountains in the background

Two views of a single story concrete block building overgrown with weeds

Beebe Colored School

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