1920’s – Bank of Swifton

1920’s – Bank of Swifton

The Bank of Swifton was no Wall Street bank, but it did a brisk business in this prosperous little north Jackson County farming community. (Courtesy of Ray Hanley.)
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...
1890’s – Safe Deposit Bank

1890’s – Safe Deposit Bank

In 1890, the Safe Deposit Bank, a private entity, was reorganized as the Bank of Newport to provide more banking services.  Pictured here are E.L. Watson, founder and president (wearing the hat) and T.D. Kidman (cashier at the right); all others are unidentified. From...