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
Systematics, Inc: Smiley, Wilson, Jacoby, Kennedy, Sims, Shelton, Gist
Ted Boswell on the river near a construction area
Uncle Sam hat with the Arkansas Gazette
Waitress, Mrs. Ben (Judy) Hogan
Weiderkehr Wine at the Old State House
Weiderkehr: wine & glass, Rose with rose & cheese
West Park Meadows/Georgetown Apartments
World Wide Travel-ladies, Worthen Bank
Worthen Bank: 3 new V.P.'s Maris, Wray, Shelton
Worthen Bank annual report: L.R. airport, Stephens Bank, Stephens, AR
Worthen Bank annual report: Night L.R. skyline
Worthen Bank: Bevis & Stobaugh
Worthen Bank: Dusk, L.R. skyline
Worthen Bank employees: Group of men
Worthen Bank: Girls with handkerchiefs
Worthen Bank: Group, Million Dollar Round Table
Worthen Bank: "Jack in Box" Master Charge
Worthen Bank: Kay Allen, cheerleader
Worthen Bank: Mini bike, Park Plaza Branch
Wrecked front end of 1966 Chev. Stationwagon at Hot Springs Gulf Station.