old pictures: First National Bank through the years. Searcy AR. 1904 lovely!
- 09/14/23 12:46 PM
I was given this card with three different views of First National Bank in Searcy AR. The 1904 view is SO different. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been told that it was located at the corner of Arch and Spruce at that time and it burned. In this picture it looks as if it was very fancy and perhaps had the entrance on the corner. I'd like to see a very clear picture of it at that time.
In 1954, it seems much simpler and was in a different location. I believe it was then at the corner … (3 comments)
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old pictures: More oldies from 1979-1980. M D Faith Downtown Searcy AR pictures.
- 02/03/23 12:47 PM
We have shown several pictures in the last few weeks that were taken by REALTOR M. D. Faith in Searcy AR. The pictures were taken around 1979 or 1980. Here are two more, pretty close neighbors. Top is one to be loved and cherished, the Legion Hut, that is very historic. Second is (look closely) First National Bank. It is still there.....lovely.....but with a new name.
The Legion Hut was built in 1934 and has a long history. Go here https://www.whitecountyhistory.net/legion-hut and read more about its history. It is a treasure that we hope to uphold. The First National Bank building has … (2 comments)
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old pictures: Happy Anniversary special gift for friends. Historic photos. Searcy AR
- 01/29/23 11:42 AM
Lovely Happy Anniversary Card.
I am calling it a card but it is really about 20" x 28". The photographs date back to around 1945 when he was fresh out of service and they were married. In 1995 they had their 50th anniversary and that is probably when this gift card was made. It is very attractive with the photos surrounded with the black lines that make them really stand out and then glued to the poster board.
There is no date on the card and no formal signatures so we will not call names. The card was left in a house and … (4 comments)
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old pictures: The way it used to be. Getting a suntan. Searcy AR. Hot weather.
- 07/21/22 12:35 PM
Because it is so hot these old pictures are interesting.
Wonder what the temperature was? This old picture dates back to about 1950's and shows how things used to be. If you wanted a suntan, this is the way you got it.....out in the hot sun showing your bodies. Later on, there was the electric suntan booth which could be used inside. Still later on, and probably most popular right now is the spray-on tan. I was always so envious of girls who tanned well because I didn't.
And here's another picture of how it used to be. Possibly the same girls in … (5 comments)
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old pictures: Typical old grocery store? Old picture. Behymer family? Who and where?
- 01/20/20 11:18 AM
Grocery store?
This is an interesting old picture of a store of some kind. Is he holding a knife? What is he selling? Are those cabinets in the back for foods that need electricity.
On the back is his name, Harry Behymer, and it makes me wonder all over again why some families do not cherish their old family pictures. They are left behind when moves are made, when houses are foreclosed, when relatives die, when estate sales are held. Here is another family member, probably, of the Behymer family. It has a name on the back that is not quite clear but … (6 comments)
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old pictures: Beloved bicycles. Did you have one? Old pictures.
- 11/29/19 11:42 AM
Beloved bicycles.
I love old pictures as readers know. I also can't understand why some families don't cherish their old snapshots of family. The top picture above is an unknown person......cast aside by family who didn't want the old photos. He seems to be so proud of his bicycle and it, as my husband says, was a NICE bicycle.
The second picture above is a picture of my husband and his sister and his little brother. With bikes! The bike that he is beside was not a nice bike, as he remembers it. If you look closely at his right leg you will … (11 comments)
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old pictures: Strange!! Camel cigarettes? Lighter? Coffee cup with pretty lady?
- 11/13/19 11:39 AM
So what does this mean?
I found this picture at an estate sale. There were other pictures of the same lady with normal snapshots taken outside the house. So you could see that a picture had been cropped so that it was placed in this coffee cup. But WHY was she in the coffee cup. Was Camel Cigarettes paying her to advertise? There appears to be a man's hand holding the cigarette (actually smoking it because you can see smoke) and the cigarette lighter is on the table. Perhaps it was a romantic thing with his saying that she was all he … (6 comments)
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old pictures: Crook-Powell Motor Co. Where was it? Old sign. Bettye Perry Picture.
- 10/02/19 11:48 AM
Where was it?
This old picture was included in an old album of photographs of folks from Floyd Arkansas. The girl, as written on the back, was Bettye Perry and there are several pages of pictures of her. So who was she? The album has pictures of the school at Floyd before it was closed and lots of pictures with folks standing beside old cars.
I hope I can share more pictures as I enjoy this album and if any of you sleuths can contribute something about the places and people be sure to do so.
… (2 comments)
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old pictures: Class of 1927. Old picture. About what year taken? Dress styles.
- 08/26/19 11:30 AM
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 this might be. Could you tell by the dress style? I see all ladies wore skirts, and all skirts were the same length. I do remember my mother fretting about the current year's dress length to be in style. Not that I thought she was stylish but evidently she cared and the … (9 comments)
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old pictures: Yarnell's Ball Team. Who, what, when and where? Help wanted.
- 05/02/19 11:48 AM
Happy Team of Youngsters.
A friend just sent this picture to see if perhaps I knew who the folks were. It reminds me of the old training we had for writing reports. Who? What? When? Where? All of these were important. So who were these delightful boys who had probably just finished a game of softball or baseball.
When was this. Possibly a year could be given.
What they were doing is rather interesting. What are those things on the table? Are those minature trees on the table? And what is that in the hand of the man in the striped shirt?
And finally, where … (10 comments)
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old pictures: 702 E Race St Searcy AR as it was. Duncans Car Lot.
- 04/17/19 11:31 AM
Duncans Car Lot
A few years back, this is the way 702 East Race Street appeared. It was the home of Duncans Used Cars and also the Chrysler Plymouth dealership. The small sign in the background says Duncans Used Cars and my husband says that it also said, "What ole Po Dunc says it is, it is!"
An interesting part of the picture is the house on the left which has been gone for a long time. Also interesting is seeing all those cars in the far background. They must have been across Vine Street, which runs parallel with Race. I also believe … (4 comments)
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old pictures: Young Searcy boy. Captivating hand-tinted picture of Jody Taylor.
- 03/22/19 11:12 AM
Captivating, isn't it?
At times you see something that just grabs you. That is the way I was with this old portrait of a Searcy boy who passed away a few months ago. At the very bottom right it looks as if it is noted as 7 years old and then above that it definitely says Mitchell- E Smith......possibly the person who took the picture and then did a bit of hand-tinting for embellishment?
The handsome young boy was Jody Taylor and his daughter let me borrow this picture for this blog. It was not framed and appears to have had some neglected … (6 comments)
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old pictures: Georgetown AR riverboat, train, old car, tracks, history. Surratt family.
- 02/01/19 10:01 AM
Well, first of all you need to review the blog that I wrote about Georgetown AR way back in 2009. Blogs seem to live forever on the internet and this one had some great pictures of the old Georgetown. Click HERE to read it and then come back.
Now, we are ready for more Georgetown history. Look at these pictures, in bad shape on the first and last one, but very interesting. A lady found my blog and sent me the message seen below the pictures about her family. I love the fact that she treasures the family history and family pictures … (27 comments)
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old pictures: Dressed up ladies. Searcy AR? Who were they? Elvin Davenport pics.
- 03/31/18 03:27 PM
Who were they?
I'm curious. This is another one of Elvin Davenport's pictures. As we have repeated several times, Elvin walked or rode his bike all around the city of Searcy and the surrounding towns way back in the 50's and 60's. He carried his camera and snapped pictures all the time. Sherry Quattlebaum Person has loaned them to us for this blog.
So does anyone know who these ladies were? Was one of them perhaps his mother or grandmother? We understand he was an only child and the lovely house where he grew up was close to downtown Searcy and has now … (4 comments)
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old pictures: Anyone know anything about the John Headlee family? Genealogy research?
- 01/09/18 05:24 PM
I have been asked if I might help find someone who might have a picture of some of the Headlee family. I have recently, several times, come across family photos that have been discarded because no one cares about them. It is sad, sad, sad, to discover this. Check and see if you, being an old-time Searcy person, might have any old pictures of this family. Here is what he wrote and what he is seeking. I need some advice and possibly a referral to a Searcy person that might be able/willing to do some genealogy research for me. My great grandfather, … (5 comments)
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old pictures: Rialto Theater Searcy AR 1960 ad in yearbook Searcy High School
- 09/05/17 12:05 PM
The Rialto Theater in Searcy AR
We have seen so many pictures of the Rialto! We have it stored as a beloved memory! We love that it has been restored to what it was when we were growing up. So since we never get tired of the Rialto, here's another picture. This comes from the advertisements in the 1960 Searcy High School yearbook on page165. Names are there and perhaps someone can say whether the ones in the picture paid for the ad or whether the group was for seniors. It is unusual in that it does not show the Rialto but … (9 comments)
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old pictures: Hair! How'd they do that style? Historic photo. Old picture.
- 08/14/17 12:18 PM
Found at an estate sale.
We have been having a little discussion about how we all try to dress alike, which dictates style, I guess. So at a recent estate sale I bought a box full of old photos that some family had left behind. I still can't understand how families don't treasure these old gems but it is definitely a changing world. What oldies treasured....the young people throw away.
Anyway, I wonder how they got those hairstyles to work and stay up like we see here. Remember when teased hair came around and the hairstyles were so cherished when hair was … (11 comments)
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old pictures: Photographer's Art? Burlington Iowa. No faces showing in pictures.
- 07/23/17 11:09 AM
In my last blog I mentioned that a relative had passed and lots and lots of old pictures dating back into the 1800's were left behind. Jack Flournoy Henry V had never married and had no children so it could be the end of the line for the Jack Flournoy Henrys.
Among the photographs were these two which grabbed my attention because they were not posed to show their faces as most professionally done photos are. The first one has a name on it, Dorthy Carson, and the photograph has Reynolds, Burlington Iowa on the front.
The second one is even more … (6 comments)
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old pictures: Searcy AR Main Street. Dirt street. Very old postcard.
- 03/26/17 10:38 AM
I am not sure that I have seen this scene before. It says that it is Main Street, Searcy ARK but do they mean it was the main street in Searcy or was it Main Street and named Main Steet? It is in one of those portfolio folders that used to be sold with several pictures of postcards in it and it is for sale on ebay right now. The other pictures in it were the public school, the court house, Spring Park, and Galloway Hall. I copied the picture from the ebay site to share with out Sleuths who can … (2 comments)
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old pictures: Another old home. Searcy AR. Historic? Built around 1907.
- 01/09/17 10:37 AM
Another old home in Searcy AR for sale!
I remember this house. It was one of my very first listings when I started in real estate. It was probably in the early 80's, so long ago that the on-line county data does not list the name of the owner at that time. It looks very much the same and is on the market for a price of $89,900. The location is 810 West Vine on a corner lot.
What I am wondering now (and did not back then) is wheather it has any interesting history. Now I have met many Searcy … (7 comments)
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