There are dozens of photographs of my sister and me at Grandpa and Grandma Sanchez's house on the water at Newport Beach, CA. Fortunately, the top one was dated 1951 by my mom. In the background is the house itself. Back in the mid-1980's, while Reagan was in the White House, my mom and I took a harbor tour of Newport with several other tourists. The house is still there. If my memory serves me correctly, I recall that the grandparents, before they moved up the hill, building a house overlooking Newport harbor, sold this house for approximately $50,000.00, back in the early 1950's. During the harbor tour, our guide informed us that the minimum price then for a house on the water was $1,000,000.00.
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