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The Sunday porch: Ballarat, Victoria

June 24, 2018July 9, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

Dear readers,
I’m currently in the process of moving from Stuttgart to Pennsylvania. I hope to be back with you soon.
— Cindy
Margaret Bryans standing on the verandah of a wooden house, Ballarat, Victoria, ca. 1935, via The Biggest Family Album in Australia, Museums Victoria Collections (under CC license).

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The Sunday porch: Lebanon, Oregon

June 17, 2018March 20, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

“Filena Jueleen’s Home, Lebanon, Oregon,” 1923, via Gerald W. Williams Collection, OSU (Oregon State University) Special Collections & Archives Commons on flickr.

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The Sunday porch: Muskoka Lakes

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

“Family members gathered on a porch, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario,” ca. 1900, by Frank W. Micklethwaite, via Library and Archives Canada (under CC license).

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The Sunday porch: Richmond, Virginia

June 3, 2018March 20, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ure1 Comment

Unidentified houses in Richmond, Virginia, August 13, 1954, by Adolph B. Rice, Sr., via Library of Virginia Commons on flickr.

Commenters on the flickr page thought these houses were either on Church Hill or Gambles Hill and probably long since torn down.

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The Sunday porch: lunch with friends

May 27, 2018March 20, 2018 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment


“Nellie Wright at home” with friends and a sandwich, Mountain Park, Alberta, ca. 1935, by Charles Lee, via Provincial Archives of Alberta Commons on flickr.

From about 1912 until 1950, Mountain Park was a coal mining town, producing steam coal for the railroads. Today it is a ghost town.

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