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From 1911 until 1944, Pleasant Days (Pl. I) was the home of Joseph Paul Day (see Fig. 1), a multimillionaire real estate auctioneer who, in the course of his career, "sold more real-estate in and around New York City than any other single human being in the memory of man." (1) Located in an incomparable setting in suburban Short Mills, New Jersey, Pleasant Days was a bustling family home until the main house was demolished in 1949, a victim of changing times.
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In its heyday the Day estate consisted of a fanciful twenty-eight-room mansion, extensive formal gardens, and acres of lushly landscaped ...