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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Virginia Avenue - Morrellville - 1919

My grandfather - Walter C. Lenz - 90 % of the pictures I post on this site are from him. I am forever grateful - he saved everything from newspaper clippings to his diaries growing up, to hundreds of pictures. I especially love the Johnstown history written in both English and German he kept.
For this picture - he was 15 years old at the time and is standing on Virginia Avenue in front of their neighbors house at 1337 - directly in front of St. Pauls Church in Morrellville. That house behind him is still there - though it could use a coat of paint. Up until last year, the people that live there now, were raising turkeys in cages in the back.

2 comments:

  1. I am grateful to him, too--what a gift he left to us all.

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  2. Debra - what a nice thing to say - THANK YOU - Lisa

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