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 1981
National Equity Insurance Company
National Old Line Insurance Company: Kleats
National Old Line Insurance Company: Koone, Belote, Lynn, Koone, Belote, Lynn
National Rejectors Industries (NRI)
National Rejectors Industries (NRI)
National Rejectors Industries (NRI)
National Rejectors Industries (NRI): Changer & vending machines
National Rejectors Industries (NRI): "El Series"
National Rejectors Industries (NRI): Exchanger
National Rejectors Industries (NRI): Model
Olin Corporation: Plaque awarded by Gov. White
Olin Corporation: The committee
Olin Corporation: Wood carving and plaque
Parkin Printing & Stationery Company: Gene Cook, Richard Pyburn, Thomas Graves
Parkin Printing & Stationery Company: Needlework
Photo of a hand and a glass with "1981 Bermuda" engraved on front
Photo of Barbara Spears, Mike Huddleston, and Gary Garrison
Photo of Bill Thompson and Judith Kent
Photo of Brant Callaway and Roger Thurmond
Photo of Charles Dudley and Robert J. Jackson
Photo of Joe Irwin, Joanne Issinghof, Doris Clark, and Ralph McMaster
Photo of Judith Kent and Jasper Benebum
Photo of Mary Lou Terry, Mike Mathis, Wayne Greathouse, and Gary Griffin
Photos of Salvation Army group
Photos of St. Vincent Infirmary
Poole Advertising Inc.: "Needleworks"