Fred Stewart, cartoonist, did this scary, wonderful picture using pen and ink. It has just been discovered after having been packed away for many years. The lower one shows it framed and the top one shows the fantastic pen strokes that make up the picture. It was done in 1972. We wrote a blog
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05/17/2022
Sears Roebuck home? 1908 built? Plan 115?This home has just sold and reportedly it is a Sears Roebuck home that was built over 100 years ago. The setting is magnificent with huge trees. A search turned up a similar home shown below in an advertisement. The price is amazing, isn't it! The act
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04/20/2022
This makes me think of all the Searcy experts who help me with this blog. It is an Avon Super Sleuth Magnifier which has a handle that screws onto the magnifying glass and is called Everest After Shave. The after shave is still in the handle and contains alcohol! Age is not stated but it has b
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04/19/2022
A different style for Searcy AR house, now gone.This house at 1302 E. Race in Searcy AR has been taken down and I will miss it. It was the only house in Searcy of this style. Arches, a tower, and when it was built in 1934 it was probably considered "way out in the country." The courthouse says
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03/25/2022
Remember the old depot on S Main Street in Searcy?Most likely you will not see it when you drive by again because it is finally going down. I hear that it has been sold and when I stopped by a few days ago it was almost gone. Its story is rather interesting in that it was owned by a railroad bu
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03/22/2022
Disco Palace!This is a rare photo loaned to me by Beverly McMinn and she gave me a little history about the building. It is located at 101 N. Main in Searcy AR. Note the famous place in the background on the left? That looks like the Rendezvous Restaurant to me! And here is the front of the b
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03/17/2022
Great Picture from 1982 advertisementAnyone who has lived in Searcy AR for many years will remember at least one of these guys and it is the best picture that I have found with the father, V. W. Duncan, on the left and known as PoDunk, and his two sons with him. This ad was in the 1982 Searcy Hi
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03/10/2022
Stop and StareThat's what I did when I saw these in the window of a building at the corner of Beebe Capps and Sawmill Road in Searcy AR. The glare sorta hurts seeing the detail in these pieces of paper that covers the window but check it out for yourself.Perhaps it is intended to be art.....but
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03/09/2022
2022 minus 1982 equals 40. Can't believe these folks are 40! Oops! You mean this was 40 years ago!! So they are a little more than 40 years old!!! My math was never great! I remember them well because I was teaching at the Searcy High School and beginning my real estate career at the same
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03/03/2022
An estate sale visit cost me again. I found several old bound copies of Harding's The Bison newspapers. They were from back in the 70's and 80's. This was an advertisement from September 13, 1985.Click here to see the tribute that I made for her when she passed away in 2013. This little ad a
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02/21/2022
