sherry quattlebaum person: A sleep-over.....as it used to be. Boys camping out.
- 07/09/18 12:46 PM
Sleep-over of yesteryear? This picture was given to me by Sherry Person, whose dad collected lots of pictures and loved history, for this blog. It makes me think of how kids used to have fun. This seems to show young boys out in the woods with a tent, building a fire and probably planning a "sleep-over." I have been told that kids have sleep-overs all the time now. After asking my great grandchild what a sleep-over is and what they do, I decided NO, not at my house. She reported that they stay up all night, play pranks, slip out of the … (5 comments)
sherry quattlebaum person: Young boys at swimming pool. Searcy AR pool? Larry Leon James.
- 04/17/18 04:28 PM
Another delightful photo from Elvin Davenport's collection. We don't have to guess who this young boy was as he was sitting around a pool. Was it a Searcy AR pool? Perhaps Larry Leon James, who has verified that this was he, will join in and tell us where it was. Perhaps, also, he can tell us who the darkly suntanned boy on the left was. We repeat that Elvin Davenport roamed the city and the surrounding little towns and took many pictures. We can consider them now part of history. I consider them historic photos of Searcy AR and wish we could round … (2 comments)
sherry quattlebaum person: 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)
sherry quattlebaum person: Old photo of yards, shotgun houses, chicken pen. Interesting.
- 03/03/18 10:20 AM
1965 photo of yard and small houses. Here's another interesting picture loaned by Sherry Person from her dad's collection. Her dad, Ivan Quattlebaum, was a history lover and saved everything. These pictures, we have found, are from a collection of snapshots possibly taken by a long-ago resident named Elvin Figg Davenport. He was the only son of Judge W. D. Davenport and his wife Margaret. Searcy old-timers remember Elvin as a young man who roamed the Searcy, Kensett, Judsonia and other areas on his bicycle while carrying his camera. He loved trains! We probably will be posting more of his pictures of … (13 comments)
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