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Bantly homestead on Walnut St. in Manchester, CT
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Mom was always proud of this picture. Probably taken in her early 20's.
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Dad playing sax in his band
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In Stonington, 1952, on a Burlingame camping trip. Janice, Ward, Bryan, Barry, Rick
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"Grandma and Grandpa" Farmer
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Bill pulls Janice in their wagon on Walnut St.
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Bryan pulling Janice and Bill by grandma Krause's porch
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Janice. Maybe around age 6? Wondering if there is a bit of Stella in my childhood face.
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Mom reads to Janice & Bill
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On the stairs at Walnut St. Dad and mom with Rick, Barry, and Janice.
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Janice and Bill with our much-loved dog, Lady. 1958.
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Bill and Janice. 1959
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Bolton Notch as it appeared in our earliest childhood. Grandpa was a railroad engineer on this line; we children skated on the pond, and Doc’s Drive-in and the drive-in theater on the far side of the pond were destinations. Photographer unknown.
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Dad and Bill load ice for the Eljay's icebox in 1958
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First day of school, 1959—kindergarten through senior year—for the Krause kids. Rick, Barry, Janice, Bill, Bryan. Grandma Shedd is on the porch.
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Janice, Bill Stone, Rick, Bill. (Jill, is this why dresses don’t come naturally to me?)
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Krause, Farmer, Stone picnic in front of Duck Inn. July 1955
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Dad: happiest when camping in his custom-made Eljay. He hand-lettered "Welcome, the Krauses," all our names, and "P.S. and our dog Lady," on the door
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Barry with Lady
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Dad was highly amused by what he called our "bonnie lassie" hats in Prince Edward Island
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Dad was highly amused by what he called our "bonnie lassie" hats in Prince Edward Island
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Our home at 87 Walnut St., Manchester, CT.
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Mom at work in the dining room, probably on a photo album. 1963.
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Dad always puttered in the garage--this time happily on his fishing pole and tackle
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Yvonne and Janice
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Janice & Ward
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Krause/Stone dinner at 87 Walnut St. 1958
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How we spent most summer days in Bolton
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Janice, Margaret, Bill at the Lodge
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Family on the Lodge porch