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Ready for fun in the sun

June 13, 2022
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A Rip-Roaring Yuletide

December 22, 2021

Welcome to a 1920s Christmas with the McFaddins and Wards! The 1920s represent a period of great change throughout the United States. Mamie, recently married to Carroll Ward, and her mother, Ida McFaddin, spent much of December shoppping, traveling, and preparing for a wonderful holiday. Caldwell McFaddin came home from college, and brother Perry, who …

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McFaddins in Christmas Past

December 2, 2020

The holiday exhibit on display at the McFaddin-Ward House gives visitors a glimpse into Christmas with the McFaddins. In the 1920s, the McFaddin family could enjoy a “modern” Christmas without leaving town.Shoppers could go downtown and purchase all their holiday needs along Pearl Street, whether clothing, jewelry, flowers, groceries, guns, cigars, cars, or even a …

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The Roaring Twenties: Looking Back

November 24, 2020

The year 2020 marks the centennial of several major 1920 historical events, including the women’s suffrage movement and the “Spanish Flu” pandemic. A new display in our Visitor Center exemplifies how Mamie McFaddin Ward and Ida Caldwell McFaddin embraced these events in history. In 1917, Ida went to New York City for training in bandage-making, …

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Contemplations on Crafts

September 11, 2020

The McFaddin-Ward House Museum’s intern, Rainey Knox, researched the Arts and Crafts movement this summer and has created a virtual exhibition to showcase her findings. Click here to view the virtual exhibit: Contemplations on Crafts.

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Glitz, Gleam, and Glass

January 21, 2020

Now on display at our Visitor Center is a selection of brilliant glass pieces from the McFaddin-Ward House collection. The collection contains hundreds of glass objects that belonged to Ida Caldwell McFaddin and Mamie McFaddin Ward. Over 200 of these pieces hail from the Blenko Glass Company in West Virginia and Steuben Glass Works in …

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Shining Examples: Silver from the McFaddin-Ward House Collection

March 5, 2019

Now on display in the Visitor Center is the exhibit “Shining Examples: Silver from the McFaddin-Ward House Collection.”  In the tall case are featured coffee pots, pitchers, and tumblers.  Specialized pieces for gracefully serving fish, toast, cheese, bone marrow and even the South American drink, yerba mate. Silver is both beautiful and practical once combined …

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Pretty in Pink

January 21, 2019

Did you know society has not always associated the color pink with femininity? In 1918, the clothing company Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department rules that pink favors boys, because it descends from the strong and aggressive symbolism of red. As time progresses, however, color assignment lacks unanimity, with different regions advertising pink for both girls and boys. …

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All the China

February 2, 2018

The McFaddin-Ward China Collection The McFaddin women adored china. Mamie McFaddin Ward and her mother Ida owned some thirty-six sets! Not all were dinnerware, however. They included breakfast, tea, and dessert sets too, and they happily used them all. New exhibits featuring ceramics from the McFaddin-Ward House Collection are now on display at the Visitor …

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