[Arkansas courthouses]: De Queen, Sevier Co.

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De Queen, the county seat of Sevier County, sits in the southwestern corner of Arkansas, and this print documents the courthouse there. The caption card gives no date, so the exact age of the picture is unknown, though it belongs to a wider group of courthouse views in the Library's collections. Courthouses of that era were the civic center of county life, where deeds were recorded, cases were heard, and residents paid their taxes, so images like this show how small Southern towns presented their public institutions. Look at the building's size, its entrance, and the street around it to see how the town held itself.

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