Over the winter, I started working on my family history. My parents were older than usual when they had me, and so I didn't get to know my grandparents. I do love history and with a little research, a lot comes into view.
Anyway, when my dad was in college in Philadelphia, he took a job with a wealthy family from Philadelphia. They had a summer place in Bar Harbor, Maine and he became their chauffeur for the summer. That was in 1929. He came back from Bar Harbor, then the Great Depression started in October. And then in December, his father, my Grandfather died in a car wreck. It was a tough year.
My dad went on to be a doctor, and retired in 1982. He passed in 1993, at the age of 84.
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| Acadia National Park |
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| Bar Harbor |
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| The view from Cadillac Mountain down to the town of Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands |
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| Frenchman's Bay |
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| Three masted schooner. They were still a working ship up until the 1940's |
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| I'm thinking this is on the Park Loop Road. |
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| Farmer with his oxen |
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| The Old Man in the Mountain |
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| The Cog Railway at Mt Washington |
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| Cog Railway |
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