Photo 51-MSE-34

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My parents bought this house in 1994 from Phil Arnold, whose grandparents, the Swartzmillers, built and farmed here, and were probably living here when this picture was taken. We were the first family outside of the original owners to live here. My parents just moved from this house last year and my brother currently lives here. Differences: The trees along the left side and in front of the house are all gone except for the very front one, but lilac bushes and new trees are now in front of the house. All of the smaller sheds are gone except one (the second one behind the house is still there). The barn and the milk house are still there, but the barn has been sided and added to on the back (right side of the barn in the picture). And the yard in front of the barn is just all grass with several trees that my dad planted, and maples running along with far right of the property line, which now continues straight back, squaring it off instead of extending into the field. The roof of the house is also silver, that attic window isn't there, the first floor front window is a bay window, and there is a concrete slab going behind the house to an attached garage that was most likely added on after this picture was taken.

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