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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Ahlstrom family

Mrs. Ahlstrom

Wife of Morrall Ahlstrom. Together they served as caretakers of the Victor Girard mansion from 1930 until the mansion burned in 1933.

They “enjoyed their stay. They liked the coast and its people and were part of it.” (Mabel Plaskett)

Source: “Story of an ‘Empire’ Symbolized by Chimney” by Mabel Plaskett (1959).

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