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...
1880 – Joseph C. Sharp’s Cotton Gin

1880 – Joseph C. Sharp’s Cotton Gin

Joseph C. Sharp’s cotton gin was another important element in Swifton’s economy.  This photograph from 1880 shows cotton arriving at the gin on a mule-drawn wagon, where it would be cleaned of trash, the seeds removed, and then compressed into bales. ...