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The Harahan Bridge, named in honor of the former Illinois Central Railroad executive James Theodore Harahan, is a cantilevered through truss bridge that carried two rail lines across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis,…

Photograph of A. Schwab store front on 163 Beale St. advertising a sample sale. Four individuals are in the photograph and are unidentified.

The four-page health and beauty booklet is an instructional guide written for women on how to use six different Schwab's Nature Beauty-Aids in a five-step beauty routine. Additionally, the booklet describes Schwab's Nature Beauty-Aids and provides…

The metal plate used to create advertisements for short coats, suits, dresses, hats, and pants.

Included is a reverse image to increase legibility.

A metal plate used to create advertisements for bargain booth specials on the second floor.

Included is a reverse image to increase legibility.

A metal plate that was used to create advertisements for A. Schwab.

Included is a reverse image to increase legibility.

A metal plate used for making advertisements for A. Schwab.

Included is a reverse of the image for increased legibility.

A relief displaying the A. Schwab logo used in advertisements.

Relief includes notation "Job Return" indicating this was a sample.

A relief displaying the A. Schwab logo used in advertisements.

A letter from the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Abram Schwab written on April 23, 1976 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the store.

The contents of the letter are as follows,

"Good morning Abram...

What a real…