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#1: Composite image of early photo of Floyd Thomas and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Floyd Thomas's parents: Loyd J. and Goldie Roden Thomas
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#3: Floyd Thomas, Clifton Thomas, and friends
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#4: Floyd Thomas at age 19 in US Army uniform, 1943
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#5: Floyd Thomas, 1948
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#6: Floyd Thomas and Douglas Rosenberg; Poplar Bluff, Arkansas, early 1960s
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#7: Floyd Thomas portrait
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#8: Floyd Thomas receiving a plaque at his retirement banquet
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#9: Floyd Thomas with his wife and daughter at his retirement banquet
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#10: Floyd Thomas with his wife and daughter at his retirement banquet
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#11: Floyd Thomas receiving a plaque at his retirement banquet
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#12: Floyd Thomas receiving a watch at his retirement banquet
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![FBI Offer of Appointment as Special Agent - Letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover (page 1); January 23, 1951 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/THOMAS-Floyd/slideshow//012-THOMAS-Floyd-FBI-Letter-Of-Appointment-Special-Agent-1951-p1.jpg)
#13: FBI Offer of Appointment as Special Agent - Letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover (page 1); January 23, 1951
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#14: FBI Offer of Appointment as Special Agent - Letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover (page 2); January 23, 1951
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#15: Letter from J. Edgar Hoover congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas on the birth of their son; January 14, 1953
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#16: Personal commendation letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover; March 30, 1956
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#17: Promotion letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover; December 10, 1956
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#18: Commendation letter to Floyd Thomas from Assistant United States Attorney Murray L. Randall; October 25, 1957
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#19: Personal letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover regarding FBI physical standards; October 6, 1960
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#20: Notification letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover regarding change of headquarters; November 26, 1963
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#21: Letter to President Lyndon Johnson from Floyd Thomas regarding J. Edgar Hoover; May 11, 1964
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#22: Personal letter to Floyd Thomas from J. Edgar Hoover; December 22, 1964
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![Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Herbert Hoxie commending Floyd Thomas and other agents in Little Rock; June 5, 1970 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/THOMAS-Floyd/slideshow//022-THOMAS-Floyd-Letter-From-J-Edgar-Hoover-To-Herbert-Hoxie-Commendation-1970.jpg)
#23: Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Herbert Hoxie commending Floyd Thomas and other agents in Little Rock; June 5, 1970
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![Personal letter of commendation to Floyd Thomas from Clarence M. Kelley for work on civil rights case; July 27, 1973 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/THOMAS-Floyd/slideshow//023-THOMAS-Floyd-Letter-From-Clarence-Kelly-Commendation-Civil-Rights-Cases-1973.jpg)
#24: Personal letter of commendation to Floyd Thomas from Clarence M. Kelley for work on civil rights case; July 27, 1973
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#25: Floyd Thomas's daughter Melissa on her 11th birthday; 1969
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#26: Floyd Thomas and family at his retirement banquet
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#27: Floyd Thomas with his family and others at his retirement banquet
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#28: Floyd Thomas and family at his retirement banquet
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#29: Floyd Thomas portrait, 2005
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#30: Floyd Thomas and family
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#31: Floyd Thomas's award for years of service in the FBI
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#32: Floyd Thomas in "Papa's Playhouse" workshop, 2006
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#33: Floyd Thomas in his workshop with Tom Dillard, 2006
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#34: Floyd Thomas in his workshop with Tom Dillard, 2006
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#35: Floyd Thomas in his workshop with Tom Dillard and camera operator, Franklin Evarts; 2006
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#36: Floyd Thomas in his workshop with Tom Dillard, 2006
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#37: Floyd Thomas in "Papa's Playhouse" workshop, 2006
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#38: Floyd Thomas in his workshop with Tom Dillard, 2006
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#39: Tom Dillard in Floyd Thomas's workshop, 2006
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#40: Floyd Thomas in "Papa's Playhouse" workshop, 2006
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#41: Floyd Thomas in "Papa's Playhouse" workshop, 2006
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#42: Floyd Thomas outside his workshop with Tom Dillard (left) and Franklin Evarts (center)
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