Wonder what year this was taken.Under the picture is written "Class of 1927." There is no address or name of a school or town. This is just one of those thrown-out, no-longer-cared-about pictures that some family treasured but their heirs don't.One of my associates asked what year I thought th
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09/09/2019
Another one bites the dustThis lovely little house with so much beautiful wood construction has been eliminated. I loved the way it looked with stained glass windows and a combination of brick and frame with a matching building with car storage at the back. The thing that I liked best, however
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09/05/2019
Historic Black House in Searcy ARThis newspaper clipping was a long time ago but the old house in the background is still old, still lovely, and still loved by all of Searcy, AR. It has been around since the 1860s and had been restored by Dr. Porter Rodgers, Jr. and the Yancey-Quattlebaum real e
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08/31/2019
Who was he?The picture is too old to ask, "Who is he?" I am sort of a sucker for old photos and this one was 50 cents at an estate sale. I didn't notice until I got it home that this little feller is holding a golf ball and golf club. The mat had been rounded to fit into a round frame (but di
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08/28/2019
Old money bagToo bad you can't feel the age of this money bag. It is stiff and inflexible and a bit dirty but the zipper still works. The small print at the bottom says Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.The pictures on this bag show the bank, I think, when it was remodeled somewhere
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08/26/2019
Activerain StatsIt is fun at times to go back and check our history on active rain. I was there at the beginning or at least very shortly after the beginning. I like the way we can check statistics and see the past. My blog that has had the most views was about the biggest private house in th
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08/20/2019
Recognize these locations?Here it is 2019 and Searcy is having a great time having new murals painted downtown, winning a contest for lots of money, and having new people come to town, love the town, and work to keep the town alive and vital.So these two buildings are the SAME buildings. They co
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08/19/2019
Hotel Mayfair, Searcy ArkansasThis picture was published in the August 1936 White County Centennial Edition of The Daily Citizen and White County Citizen. It's the Mayfair Hotel in downtown Searcy and what impresses me the most if the extensive foliage around it. If the trees were this big at t
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08/09/2019
Another Morris School picture.We have found another few pictures of Morris School. These were included in a 1936 issue called White County Centennial Edition of The Daily Citizen and White County Citizen published in August 1936.....a long time ago.This blogsite has had lots of responses from b
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08/07/2019
"Head-in at Headlee's"These photos are from The White County Centennial of The Daily Citizen and White County Citizen that was published in August 1936, a long time ago. I like the drug store picture and the phrase underneath the picture. Second picture shows the interior with several people.
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08/05/2019
