JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM DANISH-STYLE CHAIR AT OUR THIRD-FLOOR APARTMENT ON ESSEX NEAR 79TH SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - THE RED VEST (VELVETY STUFF AND SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT FOR MYSELF) WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM MY AUNT AND I WORE IT FOR YEARS - THE SUIT WAS MY FIRST EVER, DARK BLUE AND FROM BONDS DOWNTOWN (I REMEMBER GOING THERE WITH MOM - SHE WANTED ME DRESSED FOR CHURCH) AND I ALSO WORE IT FOR YEARS - THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 1958 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE