This is what was happening here 82 years ago today. The fire started in the summer kitchen which stood on the right. It leapt across the breezeway to the main house. The family was attending a funeral. Someone driving by happened to have a camera and later sent the photos.
@poemblaze Wow. Incredible. It's amazing that you have that photo.
@poemblaze It's heartbreaking to look at. We have a similar story in our family from around the same time period, maybe ten years later. We only have partial photos of the house -- they mostly show the porch -- because the photographer was focusing on the people. You don't expect a fire. You'd never think to document your house.