This building is not only there, but looks very good considering the age of it. I was by there two weeks ago.

The concept of painting your firm's name on the building windows is established, but on the 8th floor? Who could possibly read them from the street?

This picture is remarkable for two things:

1) it captures the two buildings that would wear the title of
"Tallest in Arkansas": the Southern Trust, which would earn that
distinction in 1906, and (in the distance) the State Bank (aka "Boyle"),
which would capture it three years later.

2) They're both still around.(In fact, so are the two the smaller buildings
to the left as well as a building that's only implied - the Old Federal Building
- as the phote must have been shot from it.)

Can anyone in Shorpyland get a high res detailed photo of the license plate on the auto partially obscured by the pole? Little Rock issued plates for 1909, 10, and 11 and all a very rare. As a collector, I would like to archive this detail if possible. I just don't have the skills to do it myself. Thanks everybody.

-- Steve

How many stories were in this building? Depending on the method of counting, I'm guessing either 8, 9, 10 or 11. A lot depends on if the first floor is really the 1st Floor or the Ground Floor; and if the second floor is really the 1st Floor, then is the "second" second floor really the 2nd Floor, or the Mezzanine; and (if this were in Japan), was the ninth floor really the 9th Floor, the 10th Floor, or did it just get skipped altogether? And if the 9th Floor doesn't really exist, is the next floor up, the 10th Floor, making the 11th Floor the Penthouse (or is the Penthouse really the 10th Floor, just not in Japan)? And if the building were much taller, don't get me started about whether or not there was a 13th Floor, as that seems to be unlucky everywhere. I'm just "floored" over this whole "story". I think I'll bring this back down to solid ground... but wait, there's (potentially) even more! What about the basement, or Lower Level 1, or whatever they call it? And finally, "Who's On First?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Trust_Building