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Southern Illinois families cherish childhood toys across generations
In Southern Illinois, residents preserve old toys and dollhouse furniture, with Mrs. T. C. Search saving 1917 table and chairs bought from an inmate at Menard Penitentiary, Miss Betty Sellars and Mrs. Roberta Schoonover keeping dolls and miniature furniture, and Mindy Hicks growing a large antique toy collection.
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Illinois
Ilinois
T. C. Search
Chester
Japan
Betty Sellars
Herrin
Miss Sellars
Roberta Schoonover
Germany
R. A. Karr
Karr
Mindy
Miss McDonald