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Postcard
photographs, Rosboro, Arkansas
Manuscript
Collection 709
About
the Collection
The
Bardwell photographs were taken by B. Bardwell and his nephew
Carney Bardwell, Rosboro, Arkansas, from about 1910 to 1926.
The photographs were given by Carney Bardwell to Gene Owen,
Hatfield, Arkansas, who in turn gave them to Kenneth L. Smith.
Descriptive material was included for most of the photographs,
and is incorporated into the description of each photograph.
The
photographs are all 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" and are printed
on the verso for use as postcards.
Copies
of these photographs, loaned by Carney Bardwell for that purpose,
were made several years ago and are in the general picture
collection, nos. 3747-3766 (negative nos. 3747n-3766n). The
picture file number of each copy is in parentheses at the
end of the description of each original in this collection.
RESTRICTION: If any of these
are reproduced, credit line should be "Bardwell Photo."
Twenty postcard photographs of people and places in and near
Rosboro (Pike County) were donated to Special Collections
by Kenneth L. Smith, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 1987.
Prepared
by Nan Lawler, Special Collections, University of Arkansas
Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in September 1987.
Contents
of the Collection (20 items)
1.
Street scene: dirt road, horses and wagons, store fronts.
Written on verso: "'Womble Bros.' on building at left
indicates this photograph was made at Womble (now Norman),
Arkansas. About 1915." (3763)
2. Man and woman with herd of goats. Written on verso: "Near
Rosboro, Arkansas, about 1915." (3764)
3. Log haulers with teams and wagons. (3766)
4. Log haulers, including Randolph Waites, a half-brother
of Mrs. L. D. Williams (identified by Carney Bardwell). (3751)
5. Caddo and Choctaw Railroad engine No. 2. Zeke Bardwell,
uncle of Carney Bardwell, the engine's fireman, stands beside
the cab. Engine was new in 1911; photo may have been made
soon after. (3752)
6. Black couple at Rosboro. Man may be holding Bible. (3747)
7. Black girl and boy at Rosboro. (3755)
8. Black woman and child at Rosboro. (3748)
9.
Black man, child, and two women, with another woman (?) looking
from window. At Rosboro. Note that woman on right has pistol.
(3750)
10.
In a stripped-down Ford, at Rosboro. On the left is Jim Edom,
power plant engineer who ran the big steam engine that pulled
the sawmill. On the right is Ed McDonald, a lumber grader.
The car has an Arkansas license plate for the year 1922. (3756)
11.
Young men from Rosboro mill with a rented buggy and team from
the livery stable at Amity. At left, Richard Reynolds, edgerman
(?); at right, Jewell Fagan, brakeman on log train. One other
man is said to be Louis Davasher, whose father was a saw filer.
(3749)
12. Three young men with buggy. Left to right: Frank Baker,
Bill Raines, Lewin Merritt. Probably 1916. Note white mule.
(3765)
13.
---- McCarroll, at Rosboro. He is wearing "high water
pants." (3754)
14.
Fred Happenstall, the railroad depot agent at Rosboro, who
played his fiddle (violin) for young people's parties. (3758)
15.
Marion Fagan and his wife, holding each other's hats. (3757)
16.
"Clowning" with pistols and whisky jug. Left to
right: Lenard Pounds (or Henry Daniels?); Jess Barrong, who
worked in the planing mill and later became a foreman in the
planing mill; and ---- Gregory. Jess Barrong was a brother
of Belton Barrong who worked at Forrester. (3760)
17.
Unidentified. Family (?) with dogs. (3753)
18.
Unidentified. Group of women and children. (3762)
19.
Unidentified. Family group? Written on verso: "If you
have another of this I would like one as a sample. [What]
about the film pictures." (3761)
20.
Merritt-LuPlace family reunion near Rosboro, 1926. At left
end of back row are Lewin and Velma Merritt. Third from left
in front row is their son Thomas, about 10; fifth from left,
son Joe, about 6. Others are Jim LuPlace and relatives.
Last
modified: Friday, January 23, 2009
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