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 1972
L.R. skyline: Dusk from North Little Rock
Lumber yard, Planter's Lumber Co.
Map of Arkansas showing districts
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors: Family group at tree
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors: For sale sign
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors: Group of 5
McKay, Askew, Shearin, Inc. Realtors: Pine tree
Mike Kane: Medford, Restivo, Russell
Minute Man: "Full Sack" promotion
Minute Man group at table and Dixie Equipment
Minute Man: Group, ladies with man
Model of Doctor's Hospital, Light ground
Murphy Oil Corp: plastic utensil giveaways, first job at 412 Center Street
National Bank of Commerce Memphis: Kodak premiums
National Bank of Commerce: Pine Bluff Bandit
National Old Line Insurance Company: Box of files
North end of Sheraton, Little Rock ext.