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Word: baseboards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...Cornelius Vanderbilt, Indian summering at Newport, missed some excitement in her Fifth Avenue Manhattan mansion. A fire started in a bedroom wall plug, ran along a baseboard, up the draperies of a dressing table, ruined a rug and a few fine feathers. Cornelius Jr. sounded the alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Private Lives | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

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