Barbara Duncan's blog

Recognize this?  The small building on the left is still in Searcy on Spring Street at 110 Spring just before you get to Spring Park.  The info at the court house says it was built in 1950 and is 1152 sq. ft. in size.  Sleuths,  anyone know who the guys were?This picture shows it a little on the ...

Phyllis Alexander, Searcy artist, impresses me again!I have blogged (bragged) about this lady before.  She has been a successful Searcy AR artist for many years and here she has accomplished another successful venture.  She has illustrated two children's books!  Here she is in my kitchen (she is ...

This artistic bag, or sack as I call it, popped up in an upcoming estate sale.I do not remember its being done so tell me if you Sleuths remember. About 33 businesses evidently advertised on the outside of the bag.  I think you can see the names in the pictures of the bags.Notice in the picture a...

Greetings, Barbara!!It is time to clean up, get rid of, look again, wonder where this stuff came from, drag out, sift through and be amazed at the pile of items.  That is what I was doing. Two bottom dresser drawers had not been touched in many years. Where did all these lovely ladies vintage han...

Hey!  Razorback fans!!This is a new one for me!  I had never seen one before! It is in a lovely house that is now listed and even though I have been in the house several times, I noticed it in the listing pictures on the internet.  All we know is that it had been specially ordered for the laundry...

Wasn't Liz Taylor lovely?We are so involved with Christmas and Santa Claus right now that finding this old picture in my collection makes me wonder how Santa Claus got so heavy!  I again recall that growing up way back with bobby sox and saddle shoes, we were taught to be thin.  Go back to this b...

A Favorite SantaI have a small collection of Santa Clauses and this is one of my favorites.  It is called a 20th Century Claus and personifies the traditional American Santa.  I love his bobby socks and saddle shoes that were so popular in the 50's.  And be sure to see what he is gifting.  Televi...

  Example of Happy Times!Leon Person and his friend Toby Noble.I borrowed this wonderful picture from Sherry Quattlebaum Person, who married Leon Person many years later when they became adults.  Noble Motel, in Searcy AR, was a very popular spot. Click   https://activerain.com/droplet/4H4B to se...

Old Duncan's car lot bodyshop.This building is not historic except as being a part of a successful car lot for many years.  Folks may remember Duncan's Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle located at 704 E. Race Street in Searcy AR.  They may chuckle as they remember V. W. Duncan, famous for the saying, ...

 White County courthouse drawing.1986 is the date signed by the artist and must be the approximate date  of the drawing for this plan for the courthouse grounds.  I clipped this article by Tommy Jackson, editor of the Daily Searcy Citizen, but I did not keep the extension of the article on page 3...