history of arkansas

Funeral obsequies of free-trade

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... more

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...

Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... more

Arms of the state of Arkansas, drawn for the ceiling of the Hall of Re...

U.S. Capitol (drawing).

Hon. Wm. King Sebastian of Ark

Hon. Wm. King Sebastian of Ark

Hon. Brooks, Ark.

Hon. Wm. King Sebastian of Ark

[Design drawing for woodwork for Altar Reredos and furnishings in Chan...

[Robert W. Johnson, Senator from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 273. Each item includes subject's orig... more

[Alfred B. Greenwood, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 274. Each item includes subject's orig... more

[Wm. K. Sebastian, Senator from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 272. Each item includes subject's orig... more

[Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Hon. J.H. Rogers of Arkansas

Hon. Powell Clayton of Arkansas

Hon. Oliver P. Snyder of Ark.

Capt. Fred F. Burlick, 4th Ark. Cav.

[Unidentified soldier in Union shell jacket with 7th Corps Dept. of Ar...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather, scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased ... more

[Captain Daniel Turrentine of Company G, 12th Arkansas Infantry Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available ... more

John Selden Roan, Brig. Gen., Ark.

Brig. Gen. John Selden Roane, half-length portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.

[Evander McNair, of Arkansas, Brigadier General, C.S.A., head-and-shou...

Gunter, Hon. Thomas Montague of Ark., col. of 13th Ark. Inf. C.S.A.

Gunter, Hon. T.M. of Ark. Col. of 13th Ark. Inf. C.S.A.

Slemons, Hon. Wm Ferguson of Ark. Colonel in Price's cavalry

Manning, Hon. Vannoy Hartrog of Miss. Colonel of 3rd Arkansas Inf. C.S...

Gause, Hon. Lucien C. Rep of Ark. Col. In Confederate Army

Cravens, Hon. Jordan Edgar of Arkansas Entered the Confederate Army in...

Wilshire, Hon. Wm Wallace of Arkansas. Major in 126th Ill. Vol. Inf. (...

Slemons, Hon. Wm. Ferguson, Rep of Ark. Colonel in Price's Cavalry

Hodges, Hon. Asa of Ark.

Sen. Powell Clayton Gov. of Arkansas, Col. of 5th Kansas vol. cav. U.S...

Wilshire, Hon. Wm. Wallace, Rep of Arkansas, Major in 126 Ill. Inf USA

Arkansas plaids

Advertising label illustration of buffalo (American Bison).

Austin, M.A. Pine Bluff, Ark.

Dorsey, Senator of Ark.

Sen. Powell Clayton of Ark. Born in Del. County, Pa. 1833, Bristol, Pa...

Senator Powell Clayton of Ark.

Bird's eye view of the city of Little Rock, the capitol of Arkansas 18...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 13 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest.... more

Arkansas. Hot Springs, the popular health resort of the southwest / sk...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1873 Oct. 25, p. 113.

Western sketches - Arkansas pilgrims in camp; a freshet in the Red Riv...

Emigrants crossing on cable ferry. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 April 25. No file prints. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ferries; West Emigrants; Shelf.

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Looking east toward the plains

No. 137. Title from item. Part of series: Colorado Views.

Valley of the Arkansas. Temple of the Aztecs

No. 146. Title from item. Part of series: Colorado Views.

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Royal Gorge, walls 1500 feet in height

No. 138. Title from item. Part of series: Colorado Views.

General Sheridan stands by his dispatches

General Philip Sheridan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, next to copies of his letters describing actions of "armed White League" in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, against African American ... more

[Ostrich farm, Hot Springs, Ark.]

His boasted magnetism - and the kind of metal it attracts / Gillam.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine as the "plumed knight" wearing cabbage leaves on his head with two plumes labeled "Brag" and "Bluster", and with a quill pen labeled "Gail Hamilton"; he holds a sword labeled ... more

Bird's eye view of Hot Springs, Ark.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 12 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Eight Cotton Bale remedies. Crowned with merit and success

Advertisement for Cotton Bale Medicine Co. (Helena, Arkansas) patent medicines, including blood elixir, tonics, cough syrup, liver pills, liniment, healing balm, and "worm and liver shot." Image shows African A... more

Perspective map of, Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 15 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Hot Springs, Arkansas, Southern Club]

Hon. Isaac C. Parker, Representative from Missouri

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Isaac C. Parker, who served in Congress 1871-1874 and became known as the "Hanging Judge" while on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1875-1896. Title from item.

[Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas]

[Government Reservation building, Hot Springs, Arkansas]

[Ostrich farm, Hot Springs, Arkansas]

Gate to Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Ark.

The Entrance, Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Ark.

In the timber region, Arkansas / Wittenberg & Sorber, St L.

Exterior view of sawmill surrounded by lumber. Illus. in: Arkansas. Statistics and information showing the agricultural and mineral resources / Missouri Pacific railway company. 17th edition, c1896, p. 43. Refe... more

Human hearts an idyl of the Arkansaw hills.

Caption: My pa used to raise apples like these! Created by "The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, W.E. Nankeville. No. 7476. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... more

Royal Gorge, Can[y]on of the Arkansas, Colorado

Historic Sites

Main St., north from 6th [Sixth Street], Little Rock, Ark.

Markham St. [Street], west from Main, Little Rock, Ark.

[Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs, Ark.]

Hotel Pullman, Hot Springs, Ark.

L.R. & H.S.W. R.R. [i.e. Little Rock & Hot Springs Western Railroad] D...

Maurice Bath House, Hot Springs, Ark.

[The Bear pits, Forest Park, Little Rock, Ark.]

[Post office, Little Rock, Ark.]

Looking for diamonds, Arkansas

Arkansas ship

Waukesha Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Washing for diamonds, Arkansas

Seven points, Hot Springs, Ark.

[Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.]

[Main Street north from Sixth, Little Rock, Ark.]

Prospecting for diamonds, Arkansas

Imperial Bath House, Hot Springs, Ark.

Great Northern Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Prospectors hand pick for diamonds in concentrates, Arkansas

Arkansas Club and Post Office, Hot Springs, Ark.

Steps and Pavilion, Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Ark., The

Promenade and Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Prospectors examine diamond, Arkansas

Launching of the Arkansas

Otis T. Wingo, Ark.

[Forest Park Theater, Little Rock, Ark.]

[Roadway through the pines, Hot Springs, Ark.]

L.R. & H.S.W. R.R. [i.e. Little Rock & Hot Springs Western Railroad] D...

Bath house row, Hot Springs, Ark.

Main St., Little Rock, Ark.

Diamond field, Arkansas

Park Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

G.W. Donaghey, Arkansas, cameo portrait

Hot Springs stage, Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Photograph shows a group of men and one woman sitting in a large, open carriage, or stage. Written on back: Adam Worth, the famous thief, sits facing the Pinkerton brothers. He [Worth] is small figure on front ... more

The Government free bath house, Hot Springs, Ark.

Ostrich farm, Hot Springs, Ark.

Diamond rocker, Arkansas

The Avenue Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

Prospectors using hand drill looking for diamonds, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Ark. from tower of Eastman Hotel

[Hot Springs, Arkansas, from tower of the Eastman Hotel]

View overlooking city and resort hotel.

Logging in the alluvial lands of the Mississippi River. Cotton plantat...

Workers posed among logs in The Mississippi River plain, and a farmer working in a cotton field in the Arkansas River Valley. Engraving by Brinkerhoff & Barnett Co. of Chicago and Gatchell & Manning of Philadel... more