Artifact of the Month Archive
Red, White, and Blue Dress
Jessie Stewart (1892-1980) showed her patriotic spirit when she wore this dress to the annual reunion at St. Paul (Madison County) in the early 1900s. . . .
Ozark Nuthead Dolls
“Hillbilly Wedding,” a hickory nut doll diorama, was made by Ben Smith and his wife, Ethel. The Smiths, who lived in the Fayetteville/Springdale area, made dolls and . . .
Jigsaw Puzzle
This puzzle was a souvenir of the 1939 New York’s World’s Fair held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. With a slogan of “Dawn of a New Day,” the fair opened . . .
Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic SP
This camera has seen a lot of Northwest Arkansas history. It belonged to longtime photojournalist Charles Bickford who worked for the Springdale News . . .
Toy Horses
During the 1950s and 1960s, small plastic figurines like these horses were popular, inexpensive toys. Four major manufacturers of these plastic playsets were . . .
Swanky Swigs
While “Swanky Swigs” may be used today as a catch-all name for decorated tumblers made during the 1930s into the 1970s, the term was first coined by Kraft Foods. . . .