If I may digress here for a moment . . . When my parents and I came to the US in 1954, we lived on the Erie Canal in Pittsford, NY. A brother of my paternal grandfather had moved to the US previously, and sponsored us to join him. I have no idea what the address was, and the picture I show here has a boathouse; I didn't see any boathouses on our trip; perhaps they were banned at some time, or we just didn't go down this part of the Canal . . . My father's caption: On the barge canal. It is lowered in the winter and freezes.
I remember skating on the Canal. I have other photos, but enough about me . . . let's get back to Jackie . . .

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