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Ted's Childhood Home
Ted's Childhood Home
To get there:
To get there:
Enter Fairfield St. from Litchfield St. off Belmont Ave.
The house is on the right side of the street.
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The Story of Ted's Childhood Home:
The Story of Ted's Childhood Home:
The Union-News published this commemoration of Ted's childhood at 74 Fairfield St. on July 24, 1995.
Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children (1907)
Can you notice where Ted might have been inspired by Belloc's rhyme & Blackwood's illustrations?
From Dr. Seuss' If I Ran the Zoo (1950)
IMAGES (in order of appearance)
The Union-News, July 24, 1995. Wood Museum of Springfield History, “Geisel, Theodor S. (Dr. Seuss)” Collection. Vertical File Box 14, “Gardner E.C. Thru Gray, Stephen P.” Wood Museum of Springfield History Archives.
Belloc, Hilaire. Cautionary Tales for Children (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922): 6, 9-11.
Dr. Seuss, If I Ran the Zoo. New York: Random House Children’s Books, 1950.
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