{"id":4171,"date":"2016-08-20T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2021-08-07T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T18:43:52","slug":"mystery-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/mystery-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all got them. Moldering in the attic, orphaned in a drawer, tucked in with yellowing, handwritten letters. Yes, I’m talking about those family mystery photos that we can’t identify, whether a portrait, family picture, vacation photo or, in my case, shots of unidentified homes. I’m posting mine here in the hope that someone might recognize them.<\/p>\n

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1640<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pictures above and below came from the Furst side of the family. No idea where these homes are!<\/p>\n

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Unidentified Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one (below) came with the Fay box. In that line are a bunch of Wells family members. I feel like this house might have belonged to one of them. And look at all those people standing around in this picture! Why didn’t they inscribe their names on the back of the photo??!!<\/p>\n

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Unidentified Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve all got them. Moldering in the attic, orphaned in a drawer, tucked in with yellowing, handwritten letters. Yes, I’m talking about those family mystery photos that we can’t identify, whether a portrait, family picture, vacation photo or, in my case, shots of unidentified homes. 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