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Halloween Lamp

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Donated by Lockwood and Annabel Searcy

This ceramic lamp dates to about 1920. We don’t know its history. The only marking is “Germany” on the inside of the lamp base.

Perhaps the lamp was sold by or displayed in Lockwood Searcy’s wholesale grocery store on Emma Avenue in Springdale, or maybe the lamp was a festive decoration in the Searcy house during the Halloween season.

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Beaded Pincushion

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Donated by Matha Ann (Mrs. Alfred) Lussky and Katherine Lussky Adam

This pincushion belonged to Alma Lussky of Fayetteville. She was the sister of Dr. Alfred Lussky, head of the German Department at the University of Arkansas for many years.The Lusskys were originally from Illinois by way of New York.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s members of the Mohawk, Tuscarora, and Mohegan tribes in upstate New York made pincushions like this and sold them as souvenirs to tourists visiting Niagara Falls and Saratoga.
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