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This is the start of the next photo album of Grandpa's. He started it out with a series of yearly Christmas tree & layout pics. This one's from 1908, and he indicates it was from Front St. in Reading. Did Grammy and Grandpa live in Reading at one time?The layout is fantastic! I like the pond made with a mirror to the right. And I think I recognize the fencing and the benches - my dad may have inherited those and I saw them on his Christmas layouts in the 1950's.
The two Christmas bears add a nice touch. And finally, it looks like this whole setting is laid out on the floor. That will eventually change.
2 comments:
This must have been right after they got married. They lived on Front St. in Reading when my mother was born in March 1909. This layout takes up a whole room, and has different houses and fence, and even a windmill. I wonder whose teddy bears they were, as there were no children yet.
Janet
this is the fencing that might have made it to Lenhartsville.
the teddy bears are a nice touch. and the fact that this is 1908 means Grandpa didn't just make these displays "for the kids". he genuinely loved doing these.
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