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Picture postcards, ca. 1920-1984

Manuscript Collection 698

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
         
A set of 175 black and white picture postcards, all of them photographic prints, of railroad depots in Arkansas, was purchased from Mid America Paper Collectibles, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 4, 1987.  A colored halftone post card of the Camp Pike, Little Rock, warehouses was also included.

All the postcards are 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".  All the railroad depot postcards are black and white photographic prints on Kodak (usually) "photo post card" stock.  All are identified on the front of the postcard with at least the name of the town.  Usually the name of the railroad and the date the depot was photographed are also provided, either on the front of the postcard or handwritten on verso.  In a few cases, the date the depot was built is given.

The collection incorporates photographs of standing (though frequently abandoned by the time they were photographed) depots and copies of older photographs or published halftones.

In the descriptions the name of the town (all are in Arkansas) is given first, followed by the name of the railroad and the date of the photograph (when this information has been included on the postcard).  Other information, if any, is given in parentheses.

Processed by Nan Lawler,  Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in January, 1988.

 1.  "View of Camp Pike Showing Warehouses, Little Rock, Ark.  22849"  Colored half-tone.  Oblique bird's-eye view showing warehouses, tracks, trains.  Published by Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., New York and Brooklyn.
  2.  Alpena.
  3.  Altus.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1981.
  4.  Argenta.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
  5.  Argenta.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  (Round house.)
  6.  Arkadelphia.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
  7.  Ashdown.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1979.
  8.  Ashdown.  Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad.
  9.  Atkins.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1977.
 10.  Augusta.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1975.
 11.  Bald Knob.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1976.
 12.  Bauxite.  Bauxite & Northern Railroad.  1983.
 13.  Bauxite.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1976.
 14.  Bay.  St.  Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
 15.  Bearden.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
 16.  Beaver.  Arkansas & Ozarks Railway.  1960.
 17.  Beebe.  ("Passenger Station.  Built 1910.")
 18.  Benton.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 19.  Bentonville.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
 20.  Berryville.
 21.  Biggers.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1958.
 22.  Birta.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 23.  Black Rock.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
 24.  Blue Mountain.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 25.  Blytheville.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1966.
 26.  Blytheville.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1972.
 27.  Bono.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
 28.  Booneville.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 29.  Brinkley.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad/St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1976.
 30.  Butterfield.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1954.
 31.  Cabot.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 32.  Camden.  ("Passenger Station.  Built May, 1913.")
 33.  Carlisle.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1966.
 34.  Cave Springs.  Kansas City & Memphis Railroad.
 35.  Chester.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
 36.  Chidester.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1958.
 37.  Clarksville.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1981.
 38.  Conway.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1914 (not clear whether date of building or of photograph).
 39.  Corning.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 40.  Cotton Plant.  Cotton Plant - Fargo Railway.
 41.  Coy.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
 42.  Crawfordsville.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 43.  Cricket.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1957.
 44.  Crossett.  Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway.  1983.
 45.  Crossett.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1978.
 46.  Danville.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 47.  Decatur.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1980.
 48.  Dell.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1972.
 49.  DeQueen.  DeQueen & Eastern Railroad.
 50.  De Queen.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.
 51.  Dermott.  ("Passenger Station.  Built 1913.")
 52.  Earle.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 53.  Eldorado.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
 54.  Eldorado.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 55.  Eudora.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 56.  Eureka Springs.
 57.  Fair Oaks.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway-Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 58.  Farmington.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
 59.  Fayetteville.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
 60.  Ferriday.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 61.  Fordyce.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1975.
 62.  Fordyce.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1976.
 63.  Foreman.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1976.
 64.  Fort Smith.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1979.
 65.  Fort Smith.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1979.
 66.  Fort Smith.  Midland Valley Railway.  1979.
 67.  Gillett.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1976.
 68.  Glenwood.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1939.
 69.  Grady.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1954.
 70.  Grandview.
 71.  Grannis.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1939.
 72.  Gravette.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1954.
 73.  Green Forest.  Arkansas & Ozarks Railway.  1960.
 74.  Greenwood.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1954.
 75.  Gum Springs.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1908 (date of building?).
 76.  Gurdon.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
 77.  Hardy.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
 78.  Harrell.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1962.
 79.  Harrison.
 80.  Hartman.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1981.
 81.  Haskell.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
 82.  Hazen.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1975.
 83.  Heber Springs.  Missouri & North Arknasas Railroad.  1974.
 84.  Helena.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1976.
 85.  Hope.  Louisiana & Arkansas Railway.  1967.
 86.  Hope.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
 87.  Hot Springs.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
 88.  Hot Springs.  St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway.
 89.  Hot Springs.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
 90.  Hoxie.  Missouri Pacific Railroad/St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1967.
 91.  Jerome.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1930.
 92.  Joiner.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1966.
 93.  Jonesboro.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
 94.  Jonesboro.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1954.
 95.  Kingsland.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
 96.  Lake Village.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1982.
 97.  Leachville.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1976.
 98.  Leachville.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1972.
 99.  Lewisville.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
100.  Little Rock.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1981.
101.  Little Rock.  St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern.
102.  Lonoke.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1978.
103.  McGehee.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
104.  Magnolia.  Louisiana & Northwest Railroad.  1983.
105.  Malvern.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1978.
106.  Malvern.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1978.
107.  Mammoth Springs.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1955.
108.  Mammoth Springs.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1955.  (Enlargement, probably copy, of #107.)
109.  Marianna.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
110.  Marianna.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1975.
111.  Marked Tree.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
112.  Marvell.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1983.
113.  Mena.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.
114.  Millwood.  Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad.  1979.
115.  Mineral Springs.  Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad.  1969.
116.  Monticello.  ("Built 1914.")
117.  Monticello.  Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway.  1983.
118.  Morrilton.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1976.
119.  Mountainburg.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
120.  Mulberry.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1981.
121.  Nashville.  Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad.  1935.
122.  Nettleton.  ("Built 1907.")
123.  Nettleton.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
124.  Nettleton.  Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad.
125.  Newport.  ("Passenger Station.  Built 1902.")
126.  Newport.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1959.
127.  Norphlet.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
128.  Ola.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
129.  Osceola.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1966.
130.  Ozark.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1974.
131.  Paragould.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1974.
132.  Perry.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1983.
133.  Piggott.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1969.
134.  Pine Bluff.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  ("Built 1905.")
135.  Pine Bluff.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
136.  Pocohontas.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1967.
137.  Poplar Grove.  ("Built 1909.")
138.  Portia.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
139.  Portland.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1984.
140.  Poyen.  Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.  1950.
141.  Prague.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
142.  Prairie Grove.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
143.  Prescott.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
144.  Reader.  Reader Railroad.  1964.
145.  Redfield.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1983.
146.  Rio Vista.  ("Built 1910.")
147.  Rison.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
148.  Rogers.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
149.  Rudy.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
150.  Scott.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1983.
151.  Searcy.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1978.
152.  Sedgwick.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1954.
153.  Sheridan.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1954.
154.  Siloam Springs.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1980.
155.  Springdale.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
156.  Star City.  Gould Southwestern Railroad.  1983.
157.  Stuttgart.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1978.
158.  Sulphur Springs.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1969.
159.  Texarkana.  ("Union Depot.")
160.  Tontitown.  Kansas City and Memphis Railroad.
161.  Trumann.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1976.
162.  Trumann.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1973.
163.  Tuckerman.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1967.
164.  Turrell.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1973.
165.  Van Buren.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1967.
166.  Waldron.  Kansas City Southern Railroad.  1954.
167.  Walnut Ridge.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.
168.  Warren.  Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad.  1983.
169.  Waterloo.  Reader Railroad.
170.  Weiner.  St. Louis Southwestern Railway.  1976.
171.  West Fork.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1948.
172.  West Memphis.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway/Missouri Pacific Railroad.  1981.  ("Frt. Depot.")
173.  White Hall.  ("Built 1909.")
174.  Winslow.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
175.  Woolsey.  St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.  1920.
176.  Wynne.  Missouri Pacific Railroad.