The Curiosity Shop

In the 1940s Verene's grandfather was stationed in the San Francisco Bay Area. He bought a variety of pictures of various Bay Area sights. The ones that showed the Winchester Mystery house are shown here. Today the house has been refurnished, but in the 1940s and through the 1960s when I visited it, it was as Sarah Winchester's heirs had left it, stripped of everything that could be carried off except a few uninstalled windows in the basement that seem to have been missed.

NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD! 4 FIREPLACES AND 4 HOT-AIR REGISTERS WITHIN A SPACE OF 10 X 30 FEET WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE SIX KITCHENS USED IN THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA PALACE BALLROOM. WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA UNDER CONTINUOUS CONSTRUCTION FOR 36 YEARS COST NEARLY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS MRS. WINCHESTER'S BEDROOM WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA THE SUN PORCH WITH FLOOR SKYLIGHT WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA INTERIOR OF GIGANTIC FREAK. THE GOOFY STAIRWAY 7 FLIGHTS - 44 STEPS TO GO UP 10 FEET WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA TIFFANY ART WINDOW MANY OF THESE WORTH $1000.00 EACH WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA "THE QUEEREST HOUSE EVER BUILT" BLIND CHIMNEY WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA MRS. SARAH WINCHESTER ONLY KNOWN PORTRAIT IN EXISTENCE