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The first AGPC tour group arrives at Marblebert's at 169 Marlborough Street, Boston MA. |
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Bert Cohen greets the AGPCers in the foyer of his house. |
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Sweets on the table on the 2nd floor at the Cohens. Steve Horvath & Lea Horvath, Paulette Bobroff at the table, Bert Cohen, and Geraldine Goodwin |
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Bert Cohen unraveling a marble-related story. Rich Gower to his right. At left: Harold Raizer, Lea Horvath, Rosalie Cohen. In the chair: Dale King. |
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A 1920s stained-glass mosaic of marble players, at Bert Cohen's. |
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Entering the ground floor enclave of marbles, marbles, marbles, at Marblebert's (Bert Cohen) place. |
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John and Mildred Spear scrutinizing a 3D glass picture as Bert Cohen tells the story behind it. |
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One of Bert's youngster visitors offered to help him organize and catalog all of these marbles, old and new! |
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The ground floor Marbleum at Marblebert's. |
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Saul & Paulette Bobroff, Bert Cohen, Chris Morgan, Rich Gower, Mildred Spear (taking a closer look!), Dale King, Anna Ellerbe, Wayne Saunders |
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Saul & Paulette Bobroff, Bert Cohen, Chris Morgan, Rich Gower, Mildred Spear (taking a closer look!), Dale King, Anna Ellerbe, Wayne Saunders |
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Paulette Bobroff, Bert Cohen, Rich Gower |
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Saul & Paulette Bobroff, Bert Cohen, John Spear, and Rich Gower. |
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Just a small but very intriguing niche of the overall astounding marble and glass collection at Bert's! |
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The best use of a pool table I've ever seen. From left: Saul, Rosemary, Bert, Rich, Dale, Chris, Anna, and Paulette. |
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Mildred Spear admiring the marbles on the pool table as the other AGPCers are somehow distracted by other intrigues. |
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Chris Morgan and Wayne Saunders enjoying the games wing of marble-related games. |
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Marble games aplenty! Down the Hatch!... Stadium Checkers... KerPlunk...and of course, Don't Lose Your Marbles! |
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Many more games and toys... not all marble-related! |
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The incredible glass marching canes from the late 1800s. |
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The Mother Goose ladder toy. |
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Rosalie Cohen, with the 19th century glass canes as a backdrop, relating more stories to AGPCers including Dale King, Rich Gower, and others. |
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Rich Gower and Anna Ellerbe enjoying the stories related by Rosalie Cohen about everything in this room and more! |
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The glass marching cans from around the 1890s, with Mildred Spear in the back. |
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An incredible paper sculpture of the Statue of Liberty made out of one-dollar bills. |
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