MOM SITTING IN THE OLD ORANGE-COLORED DANISH STYLE CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM - THE PLAQUES BEHIND WERE A BRAND NAMED SYROCO AND SHE WAS FOND OF THEM - WE HAD VERY FEW DECORATIVE ITEMS IN THE APARTMENT AT LEAST COMPARED TO AUNT WILMA - THIS IS THE FIRST-FLOOR APARTMENT AT COLFAX AND 78TH STREET CHICAGO - I LOVED IT HERE, NOT BEING OVER STORES AND WE HAD A VERY HANDSOME COURTYARD OF WHICH I WAS PROUD - STILL A ONE-BEDROOM WITH MOM USING THE HID-A-BED IN THE LIVING ROOM (OH, THE COST OF HAVING KIDS) - THE DATE WOULD BE AROUND 1962 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE