The real Von Trapps
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Promotional photo of the Trapp Family Singers. The family was preparing to give a concert in the Boston area in 1941.
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Maria von Trapp, 93, daughter of Austrian Baron Georg von Trapp, points to her father on an old family picture after a press conference at the Villa Trapp, Friday, July 25, 2008 in Salzburg, Austria. Maria is in the house for the first time since her family fled the Nazi regime to the United States in late 1938. The original von Trapp family home was reopened as a hotel on Friday to give guests the chance to lay their head to rest where the von Trapp family once lived, get married in the house's chapel or have a Sound of Music dinner in the family dining room.
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Maria von Trapp, her brother Johannes and their sister-in-law Erika von Trapp, from left, pose in front of the Villa Trapp on Friday, July 25, 2008 in Salzburg, Austria. Maria is in the house for the first time since her family fled the Nazi regime to the United States in late 1938. The original von Trapp family home was reopened as a hotel on Friday to give guests the chance to lay their head to rest where the von Trapp family once lived, get married in the house's chapel or have a Sound of Music dinner in the family dining room.
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In this Jan. 19, 1984 file photo, members of the Von Trapp family gathered at the new Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt., to celebrate the birthday of Maria Von Trapp, center. Three-quarters of a century after they arrived from Austria, and in the week since the televised version of the musical classic became a national topic of conversation, the singing family and the vacation lodge it runs in the hills of Vermont are in high demand. More than 18 million people tuned in to the revival, according to the Nielsen company. NBC plans an encore broadcast Saturday, Dec. 14
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The outside view of a former home of the von Trapp family, is seen in Salzburg, Austria, on Monday, May 19, 2008. Plans to run a hotel at the former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the blockbuster hit movie "The Sound of Music" have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves.
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Georg Ritter von Trapp, commander of Austrian submarine U5, with fiancee Agathe Whitehead. The story of his family inspired the musical The Sound of Music.
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Maria von Trapp's certificate of arrival into Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Dec. 30, 1942.
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Even if it's good for business, NBC's revival of "The Sound of Music" wasn't one of the von Trapps' favorite things. Three-quarters of a century after they arrived from Austria, and in the week since the televised version of the musical classic became a national topic of conversation, the singing family and the vacation lodge it runs in the hills of Vermont are in high demand. But in a blog post, Francoise von Trapp, daughter of Maria von Trapp's stepson Rupert, questioned the casting. (The Canadian Press)