1909 – Wolff Goldman Department Store

1909 – Wolff Goldman Department Store

The employees of the Wolff Goldman department store pose outside their newly renovated and expanded operation in 1909.  Arkansas’s leading architect, Charles L. Thompson, designed the new building at the corner of Hazel and Front Streets.  Sigmund Wolff and...
1900’s – Tuckerman Gin

1900’s – Tuckerman Gin

This photograph shows cotton bales at the Tuckerman gin.  From here, they would have been loaded onto railroad cars and shipped to cotton mills in the North. From the Jean Boyce Collection From Watson, Tim, and Elizabeth Jacoway. Newport and Jackson County. Arcadia...
1908 – Ferdinand Tonney Farm in Swifton

1908 – Ferdinand Tonney Farm in Swifton

Ferdinand Tonney (left) of Swifton produced a cotton crop in 1908 valued at $2 million.  The field pictured here produced cotton worth $90 per acre.  The Swifton farmer was aided by a mild climate, rich soil, an abundance of timber, and a location near the great...
1900’s – Supreme Council of Shepherds

1900’s – Supreme Council of Shepherds

The cadet company of the Supreme Council of Shepherds, Uniform Rank No. 1 was an organization for the benefit of African American youngsters, apparently in Newport.  This photograph from the early 1900’s captures the pride that these young men felt in their...
1908 – Independent Order of Odd Fellows

1908 – Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows had a chapter in town of Grubbs, east of Newport.  Among those pictured here in 1908 are, in no particular order, Jim W. Ivy, Perry P. Stegall, Alonzo Moseley, John E. Williams, Jacob M. Kinard, M.S. “Pony” Littleton,...