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Children After a Snowfall Near Baltimore in 1961

A 1961 photograph shows children outside a suburban Baltimore home after a snowfall.

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1961 kids
1961 kids. Source: Shorpy.

What a great old photo. These kids are standing in front of some suburban Baltimore home after a good snow. Any ideas on where this was taken?

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