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Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Farming in Arkansas
As part of a special interest column, the Mammoth Spring Democrat often ran old photos. This article depicts horse and mule drawn wagons hauling five cotton bales each from a farm in Camp, Arkansas to a cotton gin in Mammoth Spring for processing.
City Market Stockyard In Mammoth Spring
City Market Stockyard In Mammoth Spring
Farming in Arkansas
This is a photograph of Ben F. Elder seated in a mule cart with an unknown man standing beside him. They are in front of the stockyard. Elder established the City Market Stockyard in Mammoth Spring. Photograph caption says, "Tell the Truth."
Mammoth Spring Milling Company Advertisement
Mammoth Spring Milling Company Advertisement
Farming in Arkansas
This is is an advertisement for the Mammoth Spring Milling Company. The milling company has labels on all of the buildings as well as peak load numbers in order to entice farmers to bring their crops for processing.
Vintage Vineyard
Farming in Arkansas
In this black and white photograph, an unidentified man stands in a vineyard with an old barn in the background. The caption on the photograph says, "In the Thubler Vineyard."
Steam Tractor And Baler
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of an early steam-powered tractor and baler depicted at harvest time along with farm laborers and horses.
Oxen Hauling Logs
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of a team of oxen hauling timber into town across railroad tracks.
Mammoth Spring Milling Company
Mammoth Spring Milling Company
Farming in Arkansas
This is a photograph of the Mammoth Spring Milling Company's main building. Unidentified employees stand by railroad boxcars which would be loaded with processed grains.
Raw Cotton To A Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of horse or mule drawn carts carrying raw cotton to a cotton gin for processing.
Franz Turkey Farm
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of two Franz turkey farm employees standing in a flock of turkeys.
Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a cotton gin with bales of cotton. This gin was opened by John Michaels in the early 1920s and operated successfully until it burned in 1941.
Postcard, Two Men In Cow-Drawn Wagon
Postcard, Two Men In Cow-Drawn Wagon
Farming in Arkansas
A picture postcard with two unidentified men in a cow-drawn cart on one side and a message to T.H. Raney on the back.
Jane Justus Richardson Feeding The Hogs
Jane Justus Richardson Feeding The Hogs
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of Jane Justus Richardson feeding hogs in a barnyard.
Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"
Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"
Farming in Arkansas
This is an advertising brochure for Roldo Rowden cotton seed bred by Robert L. Dortch of Scott.
Jennings Wood And Wheelbarrow
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of an old wheelbarrow sitting in front of a large stack of firewood.
Rice At Sunrise
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a rice field at sunrise in the Arkansas Delta.
Brochure, "Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn"
Brochure, "Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn"
Farming in Arkansas
This is an advertising brochure for Dortch's Southern Hybrid Seed Corn produced by Robert L. Dortch in Scott.
Grandpa's Cultivator
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a cultivator hooked to an older model tractor.
Goats By The Hay Rake
Farming in Arkansas
Photographs of goats in a pasture with a hay rake.
Farmer Preparing Fields
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a farmer on his tractor working a field in autumn.
Cultivator In Snow
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a horse-drawn cultivator resting in a snowy field with corn shocks behind it.
Farm Truck And Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a flat bed Chevy truck, a large oak tree, and an old barn in the Ozarks.
Ford 600 Tractor
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a 50-year-old Ford 600 model tractor.
Abandoned Farm Truck
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of an old, flat-bed Ford truck left abandoned in the woods next to an old, long-unused outhouse.
Barn, Windmill, And Silo
Farming in Arkansas
Color image of a grain silo standing tall next to a red barn and windmill.
Cattle Grazing On A Hillside
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a herd of cattle grazing on a hillside on a sunny day.
Log Barn Interior
Farming in Arkansas
A color interior shot of an unidentified log barn with an old wagon, no longer in use.
Hipped Roof Red Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of an old unidentified red barn with a hipped roof and original fencing around the barnyard.
Three Barns And An Oak
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of three red barns sitting by an impressive oak tree down a dirt road.
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a field that's been prepared for planting cotton with an abandoned farm house and collapsed building in the background.