{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ramsey County History - Little Women, Little Houses, Lots of Work, (and a Little Play)","description":"Growing up in Frogtown  In 1941, young Wendy Ham\u2019s Gumpa Guy Metzger built a dollhouse\u2014a replica of the family home at 435 Charles Avenue in St. Paul. In 2023, Wendy Ham Rossi donated the \u201ctwo-story,\u201d six-room dollhouse complete with \u201cindoor plumbing\u201d to Ramsey County Historical Society, a gift for which we are grateful. She also penned a companion memoir about growing up on Charles and, later, at 554 Arundel Street surrounded by the love of her grandparents, parents, and little sister, Joyce. And she graciously recorded a reading, which you can hear online. The retired St. Paul public school teacher weaves memories of the dollhouse and her two childhood homes, her love of books\u2014especially Little Women\u2014and her absolute distaste for household chores into a delightful story that will bring smiles to readers\u2019 faces and likely spur memories of your own growing-up adventures from decades\u2019 past. ","author_name":"Ramsey County History podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/ramseyhistory.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31344867\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/172131087"}