Go to nice houses built in our area in the 70's and 80's and you're quite likely to find a fireplace in each one of them. Strangely, in our area, real site-built fireplaces have just about gone the way of wallpaper. No one seems to covet them anymore.Back then we had a fireplace insert factory
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09/27/2016
The first thing that interested me when I came across this old picture was the cigar smoking dudes who looked so proud of themselves posing in their Sunday best. Then I looked at their shoes. Gaze down and see one man's shoe is a lace-up one. It looks pretty worn but was the height of fashion.
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09/21/2016
1899 Searcy Daily Citizen finds a new home.Just a few days ago I ran a blog about what I should do with an old (and I mean REALLY old) newspaper that I had found. Here's the blog. Click to read it. I found an old frame that held a limited edition print by Charles Fogle and put the newspaper ri
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09/14/2016
Here's another great old picture that was made approximately 1976. It was found in an old estate sale for a price within my budget. It stills looks basically the same if you google Des Arc Arkansas. Des Arc is a small town that takes a bit of driving to get to but is worth the drive. The cou
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09/14/2016
We did the boys football team from Searcy High School in Searcy AR a few days ago. Now we have a picture from approximately the same period of a group of girls who evidently made up the basketball team. And they are also named on the back. The girls were: "Seated left to right, Virginia McCain
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09/11/2016
What a good looking crew! These young men don't look as uniformed as the football players of today do but they do show personality better. They even have some names on their shirts. And they are named on the back of this old picture."Front row, left to right are Lee Lason, Joe Dale, Jim Paul W
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09/08/2016
Whaddya do if you find an 1899 newspaper that has been in hiding for over 100 years and is in bad condition but still readable if you hold it delicately? I found this one and I am showing you the date on it. March 3 (the three is turned wrong but my keyboard does not allow me to do that). This
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09/04/2016
Looking through a lot of memories, I found this ticket and jumped! The Beatles came to Searcy Arkansas somewhere back in time!Then doing a closer examination, I saw that this was advertising the first Beatles movie! No personal appearances but they gave out a Premier Souvenir Ticket for this fi
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09/03/2016
I found this note that was carefully folded with "Important!" writen on the side and probably given to a friend. Inside the note says, "Judy, this is part of the glove I touched the Beatles things with. Here is some of the vital information. Time: Approx. 8:30 pmDate: Nov. 28, 1964, Saturday
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09/02/2016
