Thomas Harding was born July 7, 1911, at Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Thomas Harding II, an architect, and Mary Rice Harding. Following his education at St. Andrews Cathedral, Little Rock High School, and Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri, he practiced architecture with his father. During World War II Harding served with the Air Force in North Africa and Italy. After his discharge in 1945, Harding opened a photography studio in Little Rock.
In 1964 Harding sold his Little Rock studio and moved to New York where he was associated with the prestigious Bachrach studio. He returned to Little Rock in 1970 and again opened a commercial and portrait studio. His company has provided photography for most of the advertising agencies in Arkansas as well as numerous national accounts. The portrait division photographed individually over 200 prominent Arkansas lawyers for the Arkansas Bar Association Wall of Fame, several thousand bankers, doctors, and other professionals.
Harding closed his studio in June 1982 to retire and devote his time to several hobbies, including pinhole photography and water color painting. He published two books, One Room Schoolhouses of Arkansas As Seen Through a Pinhole (UA Press, 1993) and An Outhouse by Any Other Name (August House Publishers, 1999). Harding died August 4, 2002, and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Little Rock
Submissions from 1977
Pulaski County Title Company, Inc: Jack Cameron, Janet Clayton
Pulaski County Title Company, Inc: Mel Orender
Pulaski Federal Savings: Black & white of "Tiger Eye" jewelry
Pulaski Federal Savings: Tiger
Rendering of Pulaski Properties nursing home
Somers Matthews, Hal Matthews, Walter
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: American Greeting Card Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Benton: D.W. Rinehart, Mrs. Rinehart, Ron Brown
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Benton increase, D.W. Rinehart, Ron Brown
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company-First National Bank, Hot Springs
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: May Supply
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: School Bus Sales of Arkansas, Ross Douglas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company: Tyson, Springdale
Union National Bank: Burnus Payne
Union National Bank group: David Fortenberry, Tom Sproles, Mary Lou Terry
Union National Bank group: Joy Hunt & Elizabeth Brooks
Union National Bank group: Randy Harper, Mike Rich
Union National Bank: Judy Ray, Martin Carr
Union National Bank operations
Union National Bank: Randy Harper & airplane
Weinberger, Lyn, Susan, and Janie
William Dillard Jr., William Dillard Sr., Ray Kemp, Dillard's
Worthen Bank: Beverly Lambert, Larry Burrow, Don
Zanovich, Victor: Passport photo
Submissions from 1976
2 men: 1 out standing, 1 seated