In a previous post, I mentioned ordering an historic photo of our house. (along with, of course, my posts on sketch drawings of the place.)
We finally got in the photograph of our house, from back in 1938 (and yes, it’s got for-sale signs in the window – it sold for 800 bucks that year. Quite a bargain!)
It’s amazing how similar they look (click for larger views)
And yes, that tree got much much taller, so for the angular view, it’s pretty dominating right now. In addition, notice the deck that wraps around the house that was put in during the 1980s.
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