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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 217699, member: 136&quot;]My grandfather grew up on a rather impressive estate. (No, his family was NOT wealthy. His father, my great grandfather, was the head caretaker.) </p><p><br /></p><p>This was in the very early 1900&#039;s. Here&#039;s a 1909 shot of the main house on the estate (very &quot;<i>nouveau riche</i>&quot; if you ask me!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64356[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The main house burned down in the late 1930&#039;s, and the whole estate (almost 1000 acres) is now a state park.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I happened to come across a couple of photos of that very same estate on an historical society site online, and I was able to track down the person who posted them. We&#039;ve been in touch now, with several back-and-forth exchanges, for a few days, and it&#039;s been so exciting to share info. (HIS family lived there after my grandfather&#039;s father died in 1922, and the rest of the family was forced to leave.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As it turns out, I have more than 60 photos of the house &amp; grounds, as well as some rather nice things that the owner gave to my great-grandfather while he was working there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty cool, huh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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