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 1976
Lakeside Country Club: Dudley Swan
Mangan, Rains, Ginnaven Associates: Steve Sheppard, Dan Wingard, George Berg
Mayershon, Grundfest, distribution center
McClelland Engineeering: UPS Blacktop
McKay: 2 men by shadow box picture display
McKay: 5 women in office, exteriors of Cambridge
McKay: Cambridge, Mr. & Mrs. Jake Burford
McKay: family at Cambridge Place
McKay group of 3: Dennis Atkins, Charlotte John, Don McNeil
McKay: Vantage Point, Marsha & Bob Morgan
McKay: Vantage Point, Mr. & Mrs. Gene Goss
McKay: Vantage Point, Mr. & Mrs. Harrell Tipton
Minute Man: Hamburger, french fries, deep dish pie
Morgan, Jack Company: Group of employees
Morgan, Jack Company: Warehouse
National Old Line Insurance Company: Apps Award, Norman & Walker
National Old Line Insurance Company: Gordon Nece
National Old Line Insurance Company: Grover Ayers
National Old Line Insurance Company: Kitty Sadler
National Old Line Insurance Company: Marshall Miller, tint
National Old Line Insurance Company: Pen sets & lighter
Officers of the Public Relations Society