Comments by "Mitchell Barnow" (@mitchellbarnow1709) on "This House" channel.

  1. I am shocked and outraged about what they've done to this amazing woman's legacy! I hope that her memory will be restored to the true story.
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  2. Ken, it is so sad to see any home get vandalized and fall into ruins.
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  3. The most bizarre story ever told on this channel! I could barely breathe while watching their story.
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  4. It always makes me so happy when you start to blend in current day’s pictures and I’m shown that This House was not torn down and can be toured by all to this day!
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  5. Thank you so much Ken for bringing this human story to light! Sometimes there’s a lot more to talk about than the architecture and stories like these are not taught on a regular basis.
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  6. What an incredible masterpiece! Thank goodness photography was invented in time to save this precious gem 💎!
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  7. 2:59 Ken, looking up at the incredible bifurcated staircase was my favorite part of the Palace! I’m not exaggerating, I really did gasp at it’s openness, complexity and it’s plain perfection without being over decorated.
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  8. What incredible stories about families with great wealth that did not build mansions and families without great wealth living in tiny homes.
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  9. I think that we are lucky to have so much of the mansion still intact because the alternative scenario is awful.
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  10. Excellent commentary as always! I had never heard about the ejection of the staircase until today. It’s such a horrible tragedy especially magnified by the deaths of five more trying to see the wreckage. Let’s keep it to scientific research only and no tourists should visit the RMS Titanic in my personal opinion only.
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  11. I have toured this house many times but much of what the National Park Service told us is a bit glossed over and not as dirty handed. Mr Johnson’s health dramatically increased when he came to visit in the summertime and he fell in love with Death Valley.
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  12. An incredible life story, presented beautifully as always.
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  13. What an incredible place! There’s no end to how much wealth a few people had before The Great Depression.
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  14. I love it when I get to the end of the video and find out that “This House” was not bulldozed!
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  15. We did visit this incredible home after it was recently reopened and it is as magnificent as you just showed!
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  16. I was completely immersed in the story!
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  17. Ken I love how you set the scene and then you take us inside to tour the mansion, but we have access into the most intimate family spaces. This goes for every video, I love it so much and I feel that I was there even though it was torn down maybe a hundred years ago.
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  18. 3:50 I was very impressed with the incredible rooms in this house, but my eye caught the "book elevator" that was part of the floor that enabled heavy books to not have to be carried up and down the stairway to the basement! Thank you so much for this incredible tour. I have found that because of the lack of fire escapes tour groups rarely take you up to the level with the bedrooms or higher. One would have to be privileged enough to have a private small tour to see above the floors without fire exits for the tour groups.
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  19. My husband and I were fortunate to have toured this mansion today and I’m telling you that it’s details are truly magnificent and I owe it all to “This House”, the best channel on YouTube! You would not believe the many incredible architectural details that this mansion contains. I asked our docent question after question because I was so fascinated and intrigued. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible place that is only 30 minutes from our home!
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  20. Ken, it's incredible that you can find three amazing stories and produce a great video for each one without fail. How long can you continue at this pace before running out of ideas? Have you considered reducing the number of incredible videos per week or are you confident that you can continue for many years to come?
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  21. What an absolutely incredible estate and from a man who came from nothing but he worked his way up and he must’ve been very smart and intelligent! The indoor swimming pool was incredible! THE FOLLOWING IS EDITORIAL SO DON’T READ IT AND BITCH AT ME: I see how some people get rich, they may have very unsafe mines and/or extremely dangerous factories. We cannot just say that they don’t have to work there, but that’s not how it works. Everyone cannot just uproot their families and go somewhere else where it might be even worse. There were no laws, strikers were easily replaced or gunned down by law enforcement. People were not valued and most could easily be replaced by the line of others desperate for work. Thankfully things have changed since those days.
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  22. What an amazing family that I’ve never heard of before today! Thank you so much for these incredible stories of prosperity and loss.
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  23. What an incredible masterpiece! The Dining Room was my favorite room, as there are no known pictures of it so I can use my imagination.
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  24. What an amazing Northern White House! Imagine two countries getting along that well today?
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  25. Thankfully the manor house still exists today!
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  26. I don’t want to be attacked here in the comments, but could they not afford to pay a staff to take care of their home? I don’t care that times were different, this didn’t take place thousands of years ago.
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  27. I am confident that the future is bright and colorful for The San Francisco Plantation home! She will reopen again to the public.
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  28. This House might’ve looked good in Palm Springs, Califonia, but not my taste. I don’t feel sad about its loss.
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  29. Ken, I really loved the extra details presented covering this incredible woman and I had no trouble watching her amazing story once more!
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  30. Hi Ken! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing piece of history for us to enjoy! You always keep me in suspense wondering if these places still exist today and for that I am grateful, but I don’t want to spoil the surprises for anyone else.
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  31. Money does not buy good taste and no matter how much money one has, it's never enough for some people who will risk it all no matter how much it might hurt the small investor.
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  32. I am so glad that we can visit this incredible mansion today!
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  33. Many men cannot keep themselves faithful to their wives, but to then leave an incredible debt to his wife, makes me unsympathetic to his murder and I celebrate his murderer! His home was a masterpiece but only a billionaire could afford to live this way. I understand that he was probably very envious of his extremely wealthy clients and he wanted to live even better than they did, but it’s not right what he did to get there.
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  34. What an incredible story with a happy ending! At least the house had a happy ending.
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  35. I was so happy when you snuck in a contemporary color photo so that I knew that this amazing structure survived Detroit’s decline!
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  36.  @ThisHouse  It’s going to be amazing! Ken, it’s incredible how much you have up your sleeves!
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  37. Ken and Dalton, This House is so fortunate to have you as it’s new owners as the transformation is going to be incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your personal life with us, because so many channels have one person in them and never a peep about anything outside of their channel. It is just nice to know something about the people that we watch. I understand that security is very important and there are a lot of crazies out there so privacy is very important, so I don’t know what I’m saying. It’s completely up to the creator to decide and I’m sure happy that we get to know you a little bit better!
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  38. San Francisco has a famous "Octagon House" from the 1860's. Luckily it survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire!
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  39. This in person tour was incredible! I really loved the Judy Garland, Meet Me in St Louis, Friends of Dorothy, all in our family good feeling that I got from this fun and incredibly informative video! Thank you so much. Those that get to be in St Louis to visit these historic homes that are not house museums that are open to the public are going to have an incredible time!
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  40. Tomorrow, February 1st, we successfully won the lottery to visit Carolands in Hillsborough California! Amazingly it’s only 30 minutes from our home. I never knew about this property until I saw your incredible video recently. This House is an amazing and unique channel!
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  41. I try to never miss an episode of "This House", I just don't comment very often!
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  42. I had no idea that there was a borax king, but I was aware of the 20 mule team having visited Death Valley many times.
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  43. What an incredible palace! It’s a miracle that the state of Florida eventually did the right thing and restored the property after the Depression and WWII. Fortunately we all can visit this public place if we have the money for admission. My heart was totally broken when another incredible mansion was not kept for the public to enjoy, instead it was sold to a well known celebrity.
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  44. Ken, this apartment has to be the most extravagant one I’ve ever experienced! How would it compare to the mansion penthouse that was built for a prominent woman because they tore down her mansion to build it? Who was that? Marjorie Post, the same person that built Mar a Lago? Sorry about all of the spelling errors.
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  45. What an amazing success story!
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  46. What an excellent story and I loved the longer format as well!
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  47.  @ThisHouse  Whatever you two decide to do is okay with me! Your content is unique and extraordinary.
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  48.  @madcrowmaxwell  Mr Johnson loved his life at his Death Valley area home. I must've been so much simpler than the hectic business atmosphere that he was used to and the climate was great for his health condition. He lost 90% of his fortune after the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent great depression. That is why the giant swimming pool was never finished. It is rumored that all of the beautiful imported tiles are stored in the underground area next to the swimming pool. There are glass windows that look into the pool from the deep end. The house also had a form of evaporative cooling with wet fabric that air would blow through with air vents that can be seen in the big living room. I have not toured there for a very long time. My first visit was back in the late 1970's driving my 1977 VW Rabbit (Golf).
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  49. They yearned for the simple life in a tract home which wouldn’t cost a fortune to maintain! I cannot imagine the costs of maintaining a property like that, especially if not flush with a bottomless bank account.
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  50. What an amazing story!
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  51. Awesome that it’s still with us!
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  52.  @ThisHouse You are an awesome friend!
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  53.  @oneminuteofmyday  It was and still is amazing!
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  54. Paco, you are a gifted writer 📝! I can see you in this scene watching This House.
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  55. I hope that “This House” channel and all of you and your other halve’s incredibly researched videos will somehow stand the test of time and will always be available to watch. You deserve great recognition!
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  56. The skills it must've taken to make that Gothic Arch detail was incredible!
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  57. When we talk about being in the Poor house we are not talking about what happened here?
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  58. What an incredible life!
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  59. The floors were incredible!
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  60. That beautiful home torn down for GOLF! I am sad now.
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  61. 4:05 How do you eat when your china, crystal and silverware are covered in a lucite box? You are so rich that you have products that are not invented yet! I sold Wholesale Plumbing Supplies and the Crane brand was way ahead of other makes!
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  62. I find all of these videos so interesting as I never thought about these houses, their inhabitants and their slaves.
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  63.  @ThisHouse  Thank you so much, Ken. I have a feeling that I would like MMP’s place a little better!
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  64. Hi Ken, Mitchell here watching This House on YouTube! I get so much out of your channel that I decided to become a supporter! You charge a flat once a month fee and do not charge per publication. I realize that not everyone can spare even $5 per month, but I am glad to do so. Thank you for your channel, Ken! I even found out about the incredible Carolands mansion 30 minutes from my home in San Francisco and for that I am eternally grateful!
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  65. Ken, it was truly fantastic to have you in person once again and to associate your voice that I know so well with your physical being, took a little while for my brain to adjust, but it was and is fantastic! Will you be attending the event next month in St Louis, because you would be mobbed by your subscribers. Thank you so much once more and again and again.
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  66. rgthWhat an incredible story! I cannot believe how many different styles of mansions that PT had built! I wasn't too happy with the way that he acquired a slave and then put her on display for him to earn money which as a slave shoe received nothing as far as we know. He then made money off of her autopsy, that's disgusting, but those were different times but I should not judge him through my 21st Century eyes. I have to try to remember that because there will be those in the comments that would shred me alive (maybe not in this TH channel?)!
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  67. Of course my favorites were the impressive faucets and fixtures in the kitchen and in the bathrooms shown to us!
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  68. It left me sad about life and its inevitable death, but it’s the truth.
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  69. What an amazing story!
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  70.  @ThisHouse Ken, thank you, but of course I enjoyed it. How could I possibly not, especially now that you’ve shown us “where the magic happens”!
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  71. It's incredible what can be achieved when architecture sees way beyond what current technology can build. Frank Lloyd Wright was at least 50 years ahead of his time, but if he had been born 50 years later, he still would've pushed his ideas even farther into the future.
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  72. What a beautiful story!
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  73. You didn’t show us the bathrooms! 🤣 Oh, you did show us the stairways.
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  74. I am so glad that I got to spend a day there in 1982 when I spent the summer in Europe! It is an incredible place.
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  75. An incredible home!
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  76. I am so happy that parts of the interior are alive and well today! The interior grand staircase and the the rest of the grand interior is styled very much like the Carolands Mansion In Hillsborough, Califonia. Carolands did not come first, but it’s almost original, including faucets and toilets.
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  77. I will never understand religious or Ethnic bigotry
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  78. Didn’t it burn down, except for the music room? Was that a different house?
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  79. Ken, you take all the time that you need to get through your post accident time. I love it when you revisit some of your awesome historic places.
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  80. This country has had so many discriminatory laws in its history.
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  81.  @maryanncarney5412  Yes Mary
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  82.  @LJB103  Thank you so much Louis!
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  83.  @ThisHouse  You are very welcome and a very amazing man, Ken.
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  84. You have to love spellcheck!
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  85. I absolutely love this home and I try to never miss taking a peek at it every time that I drive by it. I have not toured it since the late 1980’s. Maybe it’s time to go back again!
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  86.  @mileshigh1321  It’s too bad that every mansion doesn’t come with an endowment.
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  87. I am sorry that their son passed away, but because they emptied the home of its treasures, they were not lost in 1906.
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  88. About all that remains in Oakland is some of the names, like "Broadway Terrace" and others I am not as familiar with.
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  89. If you were releasing one video per week, then I would like to see it early, but at three per week it really doesn’t matter to me and you have plenty to do already.
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  90.  @kenj.8897  Thank you so much for filling in the flaws of my statements. Once the First Nation people saw what comfort they could have, they also joined the killing that was beyond basic survival. Imagine what they traded for guns, ammunition and horses!
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  91.  @ThisHouse  I know that you will come up another amazing idea 💡!
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  92. Ken, thank you for sharing this incredible story with us! I have enjoyed using the I210 extension but freeways destroy or change a lot of the people’s lives that were in it’s path. These people’s creation was saved because they had the money and the connections to save theirs from the wrecking ball.
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  93. Head colds are very miserable and they hang on for weeks. During Covid when I saw almost no one except when I had a mask on, it was wonderful to have no colds that entire time!
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  94. You are awesome Ryan!
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  95.  @ThisHouse  Hi Ken, thank you for deleting that nasty vicious comment that someone wrote directed at me. I can’t remember his name but thank you 🙏🏻.
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  96.  @ThisHouse  That is so true, Ken. I didn’t say that I was happy that it got torn down and it’s replacement was probably made as huge as the law would allow it to be. Ken, I thank you for your input and for this incredible community that you’ve built here!
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  97. ⁠You bet I’ll follow your journey Ken!
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  98. What an incredible treasure! I’m happy to see that it’s mostly restored.
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  99.  @IntriguedLioness  I agree!
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  100.  @ThisHouse You are awesome Ken!
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  101.  @ThisHouse oday on Ken’s House, the master placed his toothbrush 🪥 backwards in it’s holder, but the staff fixes it before anyone noticed!
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  102.  @pampurr1  You can say that again!
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  103.  @bettylinker4780  Seriously???
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  104.  @maryanncarney5412  Yes ma'am, they were inappropriate for this channel and politics should remain in the appropriate forum. Thank you for letting me know gently, because the situation could have gotten unpleasant. It is true that I was disappointed that Mar a Lago did not remain in the public domain so that we all could visit in perpetuity. I certainly could not have purchased This House myself.
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  105.  @ThisHouse  You bet Ken!
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  106. Ken, you are as much of a national treasure as the incredible properties that you share on this channel! Dalton, you do an incredibly professional editing job that makes everything look amazing!
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  107. What a shame that it is still a private because it looks amazing! Maybe it will be a house museum someday?
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  108. It's too bad that the tearing down of this amazing mansion could not have ended all violations to child labor laws across the world, but I am not as naive as that silly comment sounded. It is human nature to exploit others to gain riches for yourself and your family. I am not speaking from experience my This House fellow members.
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  109.  @Steven-wm9vu  It must've been very expensive to hire people to watch their slaves work all day and someone should've been there to taste all of the foods before the master could eat and people would have to watch those people and on and on and on. Maybe just pay people and then they might not want to kill you?
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  110.  @jamesburtonbud  That is so true. It took a Civil War and another 50 years to get rid of legalized discrimination, now we’ve got illegal but condoned violence.
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  111.  @heatherjones6647  You are awesome Heather! I’m glad that we are all having this conversation because none of us were there. I don’t know what I would’ve done in those circumstances, I only know how I feel today. The Federal minimum wage is incredibly low and a form of indentured service.
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  112.  @ThisHouse  You are unique, amazing and make videos about subjects in a way that no one else that I am aware of does!
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  113. Hi Ken, please delete my comments if you feel that they don't belong here on this forum because they have nothing to do with This House. Thank you so much   I know that times were different but there are still a lot of people today that enjoy killing animals that are not going to be eaten, but they want that head hanging on their wall and the fur industry that used to use steel traps to capture animals just for their furs to be used for the latest fashion trends. I believe that fur animals are kept in cages outside now so that their fur grows nice and thick. The First Nation Native Americans had to kill animals because their survival depended upon them and they used every part possible.
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  114.  @oltedders I was going to say that, you brat!
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  115. Hi Ken, I cannot find your channel, “That Happened”. Please help me.
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  116.  @ThisHouse  I owe it all to you my friend!
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  117. Your voice is as beautiful as your channel with it’s incredible videos! I am so proud to be a sponsor of This House, it’s wonderful to be a part of this channel and what it stands for, however your voice may or may not sound.
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  118.  @CoffeeKing1  I do not see the extra information.
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  119. I heard that too, but the closed caption says 1876.
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  120. What an incredible story and a beautiful home!
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  121. Thank you for reposting this amazing story of freedom!
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  122. What an incredible mansion! I do not understand why the title says that it was buried in San Francisco when it was built in Menlo Park? Thank you so much for teaching me something that I knew nothing about. I have seen the outside only of the Flood mansion on Knob Hill in San Francisco as it is a private club. The insides of the mansion we completely burned out in 1906’s great fire after it’s major earthquake. I don’t know how they designed the new interiors.
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  123.  @ThisHouse  Thank you Ken for clarifying the location.
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  124. I would love to live in a house like this! Things have gone south now that every child gets their own bedroom and bathroom. Make it more like the Brady Bunch house.
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