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Among the items on display at the Hobart Historical Center is a wicker baby carriage owned by the Rich family in the late 19^th century.  It was donated by Wallace Rich, whose father and uncle, Wallace H. and Walter Rich, twin sons of Stephen and Mary Hanford Rich, were born in 1894.  The infant pictured in the carriage was Ethel (Rich) Beach, born in 1890.  She later wed Almeron Beach, and is the mother of Ruth Beach Dibble.  Included with the gift of the carriage was a copy of the original advertisement for it and other products.  (Note:  The white silk parasol over the carriage is not the original cover, but was donated by Lynda Turner.)