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Ryan's avatar

Mary, I love that you took a photo of the bathtub! When I went on the extended tour of Graycliff, I photographed every toilet. I did not really take many photos of anything else. Every toilet at Graycliff is the same model as the one in my grandmother's house. She knew that her toilet was original to the house, and made a point that she never wanted it to be replaced. She was convinced that the toilet was valuable, and that a plumber would want to take it and resell it. In fact, until my visit to Graycliff, the only time I had seen another one like it was at Gothic City Antiques, and it was quite expensive.

We did not know of the Graycliff connection until recently, but I was able to share that information with her. Obviously, FLW must have liked that toilet design. I'm sure he paid attention to what type of toilets were going in there.

I almost forgot to mention this. On the tour, one of the participants actually asked a question about the toilet. The docent was stumped and could not answer! I took the opportunity to chime in and answer the question, citing my personal experience with that particular type of toilet.

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

Ryan, thank you for your knowledgeable input! We should put together a whole separate post on Frank Lloyd Wright toilets and others of that era. I believe this is a topic under-explored on Substack! I did Toilet Genealogy on my downstairs toilet and found it was original to when the bathroom was installed, in the 1930s. I really treasure it now! Can you send me pictures of the toilet in your grandmother's house? We could feature it in the post!

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Joanne Barba's avatar

Mary…Im so glad you enjoyed the afternoon tour at beautiful Graycliff Estate…Wright on the Lake! Happy to see it all through your eyes!

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

Joanne, thank you so much for that experience!! Such an incredibly beautiful day! I love how you cracked up too over the Hanon exercises on the piano .... LOLOLOL. However along with the laughs, I learned a lot!

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