Sweetie in the window

Photographer unknown, but almost certainly with contributor's camera (etc.). Carolyn Whiting [contributor] and Louis Ventola with Sweetie in the window. From Fall of 1993. Sweetie was Carolyn Whiting's brother's cat until Carolyn adopted her. The foundation of the house was probably built in 1917 (the water service line went in in 1917, and first appears in the town street list in 1917 as being on Park Street). Originally the house had no number on Park Street, but would become 7 Park Street. They then changed the name of the street, and the house address became 7 Chestnut Road. Between 1936 and 1937, they renumbered many of the houses in Reading, and this house became 17 Chestnut Road. As far as the contributor (Carolyn) knows, the house in the photograph was built in 1947, and so is a bit older than the contributor herself. Carolyn bought the house in January 1985. Carolyn changed the color of the trim from gray to purple and orchid. She painted the trim not knowing that Reading would be using the same colors (purple and white) to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the town. Louis came into Carolyn's life in 1992 and died of cancer in 2003.

used on the Reading375.com website to advertise this event ("Our Town, Your Story" - Reading Community Scanning Day)!

Institution: Reading Public Library

Whiting, Carolyn

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Reading

17 Chestnut Road (Reading, Mass.)

Fall 1993

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eng

Whiting, Carolyn R.

Ventola, Louis H.

Architecture, Domestic

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Photographs

1 picture :color

5 x 7 inches