1930’s – Pickens Black

1930’s – Pickens Black

1930s

Born a slave in Alabama about 1861, Pickens Black Sr. moved to Arkansas as a teenager, worked on the railroad, and started buying land, eventually amassing more than 8,000 acres. Black and his sons ran a plantation that included a cotton gin, sawmill, and grain...
1930’s – Workers outside the Button Factory

1930’s – Workers outside the Button Factory

1930s

The workers outside one of the button factories in Newport ham it up for the camera, perhaps aware that they will soon appear on postcards that will travel all over country. They seem blissfully unaware that their industry is over harvesting the White River’s...
1930’s – Sol Heinemann’s Hunt

1930’s – Sol Heinemann’s Hunt

1930s

These young men chose to memorialize their prodigious hunting by having a postcard printed carrying their images. Clearly, there were no state-imposed limits in those days. Signed by Sol Heinemann Jr. and W.A. Mayberry, the note reads, “147 quail, 2 dogs.”...
1930 – PK Holmes Store

1930 – PK Holmes Store

1930s

Sol Heinemann Sr. operated the Heinemann Department Store in the 400 block of Front Street from 1903 to 1929, then sold it to P.K. Holmes Sr., who changed the name but operated in that location for over 40 years. In 1972, Holmes’s son moved his P.K. Holmes...
1930’s – Remmel Park

1930’s – Remmel Park

1930s

Situated on beautiful tree-shaded land bordering Newport Lake, Remmel Park, given by the Remmel family around 1930, was the first city park for Newport’s citizens. The park provided picnicking, tennis, and fishing for locals, and is still much in use. In 1932,...