arkansas

A black and white photo of two young boys. Children of Great Depressio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a house in a field, Arkansas. Farmers durin...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man and woman in a kitchen preparing food, Arkansas. Farmers during ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Home of destitute Ozark family, Arkansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Arkansas senator. Washington, D.C., March 11. A new informal picture o...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. ... More

A black and white photo of a person looking out of a window, Arkansas....

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A woman listening next to a window, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Dep...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of two children looking out a window, Arkansas...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A little boy standing on a wooden plank, Mississippi. Farmers during G...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Old man in Piggott, Arkansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man leaning against a tree, Arkansas. Far...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A man in a hat playing a violin, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depres...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a little girl listening FSA/OWI - Farm secu...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Mrs. Fay Melvee and family working in their garden. Plum Bayou Project...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old man in Piggott, Arkansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing on a porch, Arkansas. Farmer...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A young boy standing in front of a wooden door, Arkansas. Farmers duri...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people standing next to each other, possibly related to: T...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat, Mississippi. ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man in a checkered shirt, possibly relate...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Arkansas. Farmers...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a family standing in front of a log cabin, ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a woman and a man, Arkansas. Farmers during...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Farmers and wives tufting mattress in making-unit. Community service c...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a barn in a field, Arkansas. Farmers during...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench FSA/OWI - Farm sec...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Sharecropper with homemade water wagon, Arkansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arkansas-Texas state line to Gurdon, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Rock, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to ...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arkansas-Texas state line to Gurdon, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Little Rock, Arkansas. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to ...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Rock, Ark., re: anti-integration story. Classes on TV, after sc...

Photograph shows a pajama-clad white boy being educated via television during the period that the Little Rock schools were closed to avoid integration. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World... More

Little Rock, Ark., re: anti-integration story / [TOH].

Photograph shows an almost-empty hallway at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, during the time that it was closed rather than integrate. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Repor... More

Little Rock, Ark. Attempts to reopen schools / [TOH].

Photograph shows three pajama-clad white girls being educated via television during the period that the Little Rock schools were closed to avoid integration. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News &... More

Razorback Trading Post, Mountain Home, Arkansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Desegregation landmark, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

General soil map, Izard County, Arkansas

"Base compiled from latest Arkansas General highway map." Includes location map. In lower right corner: January 1982 4-R-37554-1." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Building

Built in 1933 and located on the State line between Texas and Arkansas. It is a courthouse for both states. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyword... More

Office. George Howard Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Pine B...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1966 by architectural firm Erhart, Eichenbaum, Rau... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkan...

Jan 1919. 20 Sheet(s). Arkansas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

The Rohwer outpost (Rohwer i.e. McGehee Ark.), June 26, 1943

Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942)- Ceased in 1945. English section published weekly, July 7-21, 1945. Bound with a preliminary issue dated October 9, 1942 with title: Bulletin. Has supplements. Also issued on micro... More

Hot Springs, Ark. from tower of Eastman Hotel

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Copyright deposit no. illegible. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010238. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkan...

Jan 1930 - Apr 1948. 27 Sheet(s). Includes Fayette Junction. 504.

Fort Smith National Cemetery, 522 Garland Avenue, Fort Smith, Sebastia...

Survey number: HALS AR-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000578

Clarendon Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 79, Clarendon, ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Curran Hall, 615 East Capitol Street, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Cadron Creek at O...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saline River Bridge, County Highway 365 across Saline River, Benton, S...

Significance: The Saline River Bridge is one of only ten unaltered, reinforced concrete, open-spandrel, deck arch bridges currently surviving in Arkansas. Constructed as part of a six bridge improvement projec... More

Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cotter Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 62, Cotter, Baxter...

Significance: The Cotter Bridge is the only bridge in Arkansas known to be designed and engineered by the Marsh Engineering Company, a significant twentieth-century bridge-building company. Among the largest t... More

Bathhouse Row, Hale Bathhouse, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS AR-28-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000275

Bathhouse Row, Hale Bathhouse, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS AR-28-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000275

Bathhouse Row, Quapaw Bathhouse, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS AR-28-E Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1930 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS... More

Milltown Bridge, Spanning Vache Grasse Creek tributary at County Road ...

Significance: This bridge is one of eight known masonry arch bridges in Arkansas. It survives as a significant example of WPA bridge construction in the state. Survey number: HAER AR-55 Building/structure da... More

Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe Coun...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 b... More

Old Monroe County Jail, Main & Kendall Streets, Clarendon, Monroe Coun...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Old Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, is the oldest standing county building in Monroe County. The building was constructed in 1891-1892 b... More

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

Lee Creek Bridge, Spanning Lee Creek at State Highway No. 220, Chester...

Significance: The Lee Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a Camelback Pennsylvania through truss, a late nineteenth/early twentieth century bridge type. It is significant as one of four Pennsylvania throug... More

Lee Creek Bridge, Spanning Lee Creek at State Highway No. 220, Chester...

Significance: The Lee Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a Camelback Pennsylvania through truss, a late nineteenth/early twentieth century bridge type. It is significant as one of four Pennsylvania throug... More

The Eastman Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was t... More

DeGray Creek Bridge, Spanning DeGray Creek at Blish Road (CR 50), Arka...

Significance: The American practice of using pins for bridge connections lasted from the 1860s until the 1920s. DeGray Creek Bridge is the only known surviving pin-connected Pratt pony truss bridge in Arkansas... More

Pettigrew School, Across White River from Highway 16, Pettigrew, Madis...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The small community of Pettigrew, Arkansas is located forty-one miles east of Fayetteville, on Highway 16. The town is presently only a wide spot... More

Pettigrew School, Across White River from Highway 16, Pettigrew, Madis...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The small community of Pettigrew, Arkansas is located forty-one miles east of Fayetteville, on Highway 16. The town is presently only a wide spot... More

North Little Rock City Hall, Third & Main, North Little Rock, Pulaski ...

Survey number: HABS AR-15 Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000414

Lafayette Street Overpass, Spanning former St. Louis & San Francisco R...

Significance: The Lafayette Street Overpass, one of numerous grade crossing projects undertaken in 1938, was built to replace a narrow wooden bridge at this site. Like the nearby Maple Street Overpass (1936), ... More

Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Ro...

Significance: Almost certainly designed by the bridge engineers of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the bridge over their lines at Second Street is one of the most important small bridges ... More

Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Ro...

Significance: Almost certainly designed by the bridge engineers of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the bridge over their lines at Second Street is one of the most important small bridges ... More

T. M. Jacks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 13, 1865 (Affairs in ...

Grandison D. Royston House, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Wire Ford Bridge, Spanning Big Mulberry Creek at Wire Road (CR 67), Pl...

Significance: Wire Ford Bridge is a good example of early twentieth century metal truss bridge technology. It is the only surviving multiple-span Pratt truss bridge in the Arkansas State Highway and Transporta... More

Wire Ford Bridge, Spanning Big Mulberry Creek at Wire Road (CR 67), Pl...

Significance: Wire Ford Bridge is a good example of early twentieth century metal truss bridge technology. It is the only surviving multiple-span Pratt truss bridge in the Arkansas State Highway and Transporta... More

Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork Little...

Significance: The Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge at Shirley, Arkansas is an example of a Baltimore through truss, a modification of the Pratt truss development by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. ... More

Fort Smith, Commissary Building, 100 South Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS AR-16 Building/structure dates: 1838- 1842 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000202

Fort Smith, Commissary Building, 100 South Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-20 Survey number: HABS AR-16 Building/structure dates: 1838- 1842 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000202

Ricks Estate, Electric Power Generating Mill (Ruin), Stone Bridge Road...

See also Ricks Estate, Stone Bridge, HABS No. AR-34-B; & Ricks Estate, Boathouse, HABS No. AR-34-C. For Hot Springs Bathhouses, see HABS Nos. AR-28 through AR-28-I, & the Pythian Bathhouse, HABS No. AR-29. Sur... More

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

Lee Creek Bridge (No. 1), Spanning Lee Creek at State Highway 59, Natu...

Significance: The Lee Creek Bridge is one of four historic Pennsylvania through steel truss bridges remaining in Arkansas. This bridge was built as part of a two bridge improvement project over Lee's Creek app... More

Parkin (vicinity), Arkansas. The families of evicted sharecroppers of ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Arkansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith...

Significance: Streetcar Number 224 was built by the Saint Louis Car Company in 1926. It was bought that same year by the Fort Smith Light and Traction Company and served the Fort Smith, Van Buren area with dis... More

Bents Fort - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows Bent's Fort on a plateau above the Arkansas River in eastern Colorado, near present-day Prowers. Cultivated trees stand to the right of the fort. William Bent erected a new establishment on the Ar... More

Confederate State Capitol, Old Military Road (State Highway), Washing...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-3 Building/structure dates: 1828- 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work

Confederate State Capitol, Old Military Road (State Highway), Washing...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-3 Building/structure dates: 1828- 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work

F. L. Mattock Building, 60 South Main Street, Eureka Springs, Carroll ...

Significance: Built as a Ford Agency garage and has been used for no other purpose than an auto repair garage. Due to common and minimum-standard materials used, along with its simple and unimaginative design,... More

Bathhouse Row, Visitor's Center, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS AR-28-I Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000275

Milton T. Holt House, Old Military Road, Washington, Hempstead County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Judsonia Bridge, Spanning LIttle White River at County Road 66, Judson...

Significance: The Judsonia bridge, completed in 1924, is significant as the only known swing bridge in Arkansas designed as a cantilever. Besides adding an aesthetic touch, the cantilever-like peak on the top ... More

Hot Springs National Park, Bathhouse Row, Lamar Bathhouse: Mechanical ...

Significance: The Lamar Bathhouse is part of Bathhouse Row, which represents a typical American Spa. The spring piping, heating and ventilation systems are examples of early twentieth century state-of-the-art ... More

Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Fau...

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Fau...

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Fau...

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Fau...

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Elkhorn Tavern, Telegraph Road, Pea Ridge, Benton County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS AR-23 Building/structure dates: after. 1830- before. 1840 Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work Building/structu... More

Elkhorn Tavern, Telegraph Road, Pea Ridge, Benton County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS AR-23 Building/structure dates: after. 1830- before. 1840 Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work Building/structu... More