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Where is This Home?

The historical societies dig into the archives.

Where is this home?

Here's a hint, it's in Ellington.

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The image has been provided by the Ellington Historical Society.

Last week's question was "" There were a few guesses and they were correct. It is the ice cream cone at Jimmy's at Crystal Lake.

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Lynn Fahy, from the Ellington Historical Society says:

"This was in the collection of the late Shirley Gross, who worked at her father's restaurant, Jimmy's, at the lake. The cone has been gone from in front of the old place, which is abandoned but is still on Sandy Beach Road, for a long time."


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