Wednesday, July 11, 2018
JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING IN THE WING CHAIR AT AUNT WILMA'S ELEGANT LITTLE APARTMENT ON PHILLIPS AVE NEAR I THINK 77TH SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - WE'RE BOTH DRESSED IN SUITS SO IT'S LIKELY AFTER CHURCH - NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL DOOR BEHIND - ONE OF TWO WHICH OPENED FOR TAKING DOWN THE MURPHY BED - AUNT WILMA WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THAT CHAIR EACH NIGHT - DATED 1961 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING WITH HIS MOM BY THE LAGOON ON NORMAL AVE CHICAGO AFTER CHURCH - THE BAPTIST CHURCH WE USED TO ATTEND IS NEARBY ON 79TH - IT WAS A SIMPLE WHITE NEW ENGLAND-STYLE CLAPBOARD BUILDING WITH A STEEPLE - I REMEMBER THINKING THE EARLY WILD-JUMPING CHURCH SCENES IN THE BLUES BROTHERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHOT THERE - THERE IS ANOTHER PHOTO BELOW TAKEN THE SAME TIME - THERE'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT THERE - OCT 1948 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN AND HIS MOM - THIS IS TURKEY RUN STATE PARK IN INDIANA WHERE KATHY AND I HAD OUR HONEYMOON A FEW YEARS BEFORE - IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PARK WITH A LODGE IN WHICH YOU CAN STAY PLUS A NICE DINING ROOM AND THINGS LIKE HORSEBACK RIDING - I CAN'T RECALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE BUT WE WERE DOWN ON A VISIT HOME FROM TORONTO AND SOMEHOW ENDED UP AT TURKEY RUN - BOTH MY MOM AND WAYNE LOVED THE PLACE - DATED APRIL 28 1967 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN KNEELING AND HOLDING A STICK BY THE LAGOON IN A PARK ON NORMAL AVE NEAR 79TH AUBURN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHICAGO - I HAD THE FONDEST MEMORIES OF THIS PLACE - I FISHED HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH MY DAD AT AROUND 4 OR 5 AND IT WAS AROUND HERE HE TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER - OF COURSE THERE WAS THE MERE FACT THAT MY PARENTS WERE TOGETHER THEN - IT LITERALLY TOOK YEARS TO BECOME USED TO THE IDEA OF NOT HAVING A FATHER, SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL IN THE EARLY AND EVEN LATER 1950s - APART FROM ITS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES, THIS STATUS IN THE 1950s WAS MUCH FROWNED UPON (SO MUCH SO, FEW WOULD UNDERSTAND IT TODAY) AND I FELT IT KEENLY SOMETIMES - MY MOM TOO FELT IT AT PLACES LIKE CHURCH EVEN - THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OCT 12 1968 ON A ROUND OF GETTING PICTURES OF OLD PLACES ON A VISIT FROM TORONTO - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - IT WAS THE ONLY PERIOD OF MY LIFE I WORE FAIRLY LONG HAIR - I THINK I LOOK RATHER DASHING HERE IN THE TURTLE NECK - AS AN OLDER RETURNING STUDENT (I HAD DONE SOME WORK AT NAVY PIER CAMPUS OF U OF I IN CHICAGO) I WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AND GRADUATED "WITH HIGH DISTINCTION" - I RECALL GOING TO AN OFFICE A FEW YEARS LATER TO PICK MY DEGREE AND THE WOMAN AT THE COUNTER REMARKED IN LOOKING AT MY PAPERS THAT PEOPLE WHO DID AS WELL AS I DID USUALLY ATTENDED THE CEREMONY - BUT I NEVER ATTENDED ANY GRADUATION CEREMONY EVEN MY HIGH SCHOOL - MARCH 1975 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN AS A BOY IN A SMART OUTFIT OF THE TIME, SITTING BY THE LAGOON IN THE PARK ON NORMAL AVE CHICAGO - I AM COMING BACK FROM CHURCH WITH MOM - THERE WAS NO ESCAPING CHURCH WITH MY MOM UNTIL I GREW UP - I NOTE THAT IN MANY PICTURES FROM AUBURN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD I WAS QUITE NICELY DRESSED - IT WOULD BE BECAUSE MY MOM AND DAD WERE TOGETHER AND HE HAD A GOOD TRADE - THAT WOULD CHANGE IN JUST A FEW YEARS (BOTH MOM AND DAD TOGETHER AND MY SPIFFY APPEARANCE) - DATED OCT 1948 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN STANDING IN THE SNOW IN GRANT PARK CHICAGO - PICTURE IS DATED MARCH 4 1965 - IT WOULD ONLY BE MONTHS BEFORE WE LEFT FOR TORONTO AND I DON'T RECALL WHETHER WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN ACTING ON ALL THE IMMIGRATION STUFF - I DID HATE LEAVING MY BELOVED CITY BUT I HATED THE MINDLESS WAR THAT WAS DELIBERATELY STARTED EVEN MORE - IT TURNED OUT I WAS ONE THE EARLIEST TO LEAVE - THERE WAS A STAMPEDE IN A FEW YEARS - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN IN THE COURTYARD OF THE OLD APARTMENT ON COLFAX NEAR 78TH - THE PICTURE SHOWS HOW NICELY THE BUILDING JANITORS USED TO KEEP THE YARDS IN THOSE BUILDINGS - WE ARE ON A VISIT FROM TORONTO AND I AM GOING AROUND GETTING PICTURES OF THE BELOVED OLD NEIGHBORHOOD - I SURE MY MOM AND WAYNE HAD MOVED BY THIS TIME - OCT 11 1968 - I LOVED THAT TAWNY-COLORED CORDUROY JACKET (FULLY-LINED, WHICH I NEVER HAD BEFORE) - I GOT ON SALE IN MARSHALL FIELD'S MEN STORE AND I WORE IT FOR YEARS - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
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
JOHN CHUCKMAN ON A PONY IN THE STREET - NEAR OUR APARTMENT BUILDING ON NORMAL AVE AUBURN PARK CHICAGO JUST NORTH OF 79TH STREET - THIS WAS FROM ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO USED TO GO AROUND TO SOME LOCATION AND STAY A BIT, PERHAPS RINGING A BELL, TO OFFER PEOPLE PHOTOS - MANY THINGS WERE DONE THAT WAY IN THOSE DAYS - IT IS UNDATED BUT WOULD BE ABOUT 1949 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN
MOM WHILE PETTING A DONKEY AT THE BOWMANVILLE ZOO IN ONTARIO - SHE IS DELIGHTED AND QUITE LOVED THE PLACE BECAUSE YOU COULD PET AND EVEN FEED SOME OF THE ANIMALS - IT WAS A SMALL PRIVATE ZOO ON A FARM EAST OF TORONTO - WE WENT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES ON HER VISITS - YEARS LATER I TOOK THE KIDS THERE MANY TIMES - IT IS GONE NOW - GRANDPA HAD AN INTERESTING STORY FROM BACK IN HIS NAVY DAYS - HE WAS PICKED IN THE UNITED STATES TO WORK ON A PROJECT IN BOWMANVILLE, A PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP FOR GERMAN OFFICERS - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS AT THE TIME THE U.S. WENT TO WAR OR BEFORE - HE ALSO WORKED ON RADAR STATIONS IN NEWFOUNDLAND - IT WAS ALL BY SOME HUSH-HUSH AMERICAN CONTRACTOR AND I GUESS GRANDPA WAS WELL THOUGHT OF - THE PICTURE IS UNDATED BUT WOULD BE FROM 1968 OR 1969 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
MOM HOLDING JOE THE DOG AT THEIR DOOR (I THINK IT IS THE BACK ONE FROM THE DISH YOU SEE INSIDE) ON RIDGE ROAD IN HOMEWOOD ILLINOIS - BECAUSE DOGS WEREN'T ALLOWED IN APARTMENTS, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME FOR BILL HAVING A DOG AND HE JUST LOVED JOE - WE ARE ON A VISIT FROM TORONTO - I'M NOT SURE JUST WHEN THEY MOVED TO HOMEWOOD BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE 1968 - THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH SHORE WAS CHANGING RAPIDLY WITH MANY PEOPLE LEAVING AND WAYNE WAS NEVER REALLY A CITY PERSON ANYWAY - HE USED TO BE PROUD OF BEING CALLED EITHER A COUNTRY BOY OR A HILLBILLY BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM AS MY IDEA OF A HILLBILLY - WAYNE HAD AN ADORABLE TRICK HE DID WITH JOE - HE'D GET OUT HIS WALLET AND FAN IT OPEN AND SAY, "HEY, JOE, PIZZA MONEY!" JOE WOULD JUMP UP ON THE COUCH AND GET A BILL OUT OF WAYNE'S WALLET WITH HIS MOUTH - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
MOM AND WAYNE SITTING ON THE COUCH AT OUR MILLWOOD ROAD TORONTO APARTMENT - THEY ARE VISITING FROM CHICAGO AND IT IS WAYNE'S BIRTHDAY - HE SEEMS HAPPY WITH THE BOTTLE AND HE'S WEARING THE PACKAGE WRAP ON HIS HEAD - WE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES IN THOSE DAYS SO LONG AS MY WIFE KATHY DIDN'T ERUPT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER AND THROW THEM OUT, AS SHE DID A FEW TIMES (NOT PLEASANT TO REMEMBER BUT IT WAS PART OF LIFE IN THOSE DAYS) - MAYBE WE WENT TO EAT AT HIS FAVORITE, THE OLD DELL TAVERN ON ELM NEAR AVENUE ROAD, OR AT GIOVANNI'S ON EGLINTON WHICH HE ALSO LIKED AS DID I VERY MUCH - THIS WOULD BE 1967 OR SO - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
MOM AND AUNT WILMA ON A COUCH IN AUNT WILMA'S ELEGANT LITTLE APARTMENT (A NO-BEDROOM WITH A MURPHY BED IN THE LIVING ROOM BEHIND A PAIR OF HANDSOME WOOD DOORS) BUT IT WAS NOT SMALL OR CROWDED - BEHIND THE MURPHY BED WAS A SPACIOUS CLOSET WHICH HAD A DOOR OFF THE HALL TO THE KITCHEN - IT ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS VERY PLEASANT - CHICAGO HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL APARTMENTS AT THAT TIME FOR WORKING PEOPLE -APARTMENT ON PHILLIPS AVE IN SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - THIS IS A VERY NICE AND TRUE IMAGE OF BOTH OF THEM - MOM SEEMS ESPECIALLY HAPPY - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
MOM (ETTA) - AFTER WORK IN HER BIG-BUTTON COAT - I LOVE THIS PICTURE - IN FRONT OF THE EQUITABLE BUILDING DOWNTOWN IN CHICAGO - IT WAS WHERE SHE WORKED AFTER YEARS AT THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING (A FACT WHICH ALWAYS GAVE ME AS A BOY SOME PRIDE AND AFFECTION FOR THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING) - WE WERE PICKING HER UP FOR DINNER DURING A VISIT TO CHICAGO - OCT 11 1968 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
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
OUR CAT "PUSS" ON THE COUCH AT THE MILLWOOD ROAD APARTMENT NEAR BAYVIEW AVE TORONTO - SHE WAS A SWEET-TEMPERED AND CHARMING CAT - IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULDN'T HAVE A DOG IN TORONTO APARTMENTS - THE COUCH IS STILL GRANDPA'S OLD ONE, LIKELY RECOVERED BY NOW BUT YOU CAN'T TELL IN BLACK AND WHITE - NOTE THE BOTTOMS OF THE TWO FRAMED PRINTS WHICH ARE THE SAME ONES YOU CAN STILL SEE IN THE MONTREAL APARTMENT (SEE THE APARTMENT TOUR PICTURES ON MY CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS SITE) - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
BILL CHUCKMAN WITH THE BIG POSTER I MADE HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY - THIS IS IN FRONT OF OUR MILLWOOD ROAD TORONTO APARTMENT BUILDING (THIRD FLOOR EAST) AND HE IS LEAVING TO DRIVE HOME TO CHICAGO - THE POSTER WAS MADE OF A LARGE SET OF PRINTS I MADE (WITH MY PORTABLE DARKROOM SET-UP IN THE BATHROOM) OF CHILDHOOD IMAGES OF BILL (I USED TO HAVE A LOT OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES BUT THEY WERE IN A SUIT CASE STOLEN IN ITALY, SOMETHING WHICH BROKE MY HEART AT THE TIME) OR OTHER PICTURES I HAD TAKEN - IT WAS QUITE A PROJECT ON A HEAVY BOARD AND ALL SPRAY COATED - I WASN'T SURE WHETHER HE LIKED IT OR WAS EMBARRASSED BY IT BUT I WAS PROUD OF MAKING IT - JULY 6 1969 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
BILL CHUCKMAN AND MOM AND WAYNE ON THE COUCH AT JOHN AND KATHY'S APARTMENT - 1520 BATHURST NEAR ST. CLAIR IN TORONTO - THE OLD GREEN COUCH GRANDPA GAVE US - LATER IT WAS RECOVERED IN BROWN AND SAW MORE YEARS OF SERVICE - THAT LITTLE BOOKCASE IN THE BACKGROUND HAD BEEN MY MOM'S - ONLY IN OUR MOST RECENT MOVE IN 2017 DID I GIVE IT AWAY, MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS LATER - I REMEMBER IT CAME FROM THE JOHN M. SMYTH STORE IN CHICAGO - WAYNE IS LOOKING A LITTLE UNHAPPY AND I DON'T KNOW WHY - THEY USED TO COME UP TO VISIT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR A DAY OR TWO - MARCH 20 1966 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE NORMAL AVE CHICAGO APARTMENT (SECOND FLOOR) - I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE BUT I HAVE A LOOK ON MY FACE THAT IS NOT HAPPY - THE TABLE IS FULL OF MY DAD'S RELATIVES INCLUDING MY COUSIN LEE AT THE RIGHT FRONT - THESE KINDS OF FAMILY GATHERINGS WERE COMMON THEN BUT STOPPED AFTER THE DIVORCE - MY MOM WANTED TO BE COMPLETELY FREE OF THE FAMILY SINCE MY DAD'S DAD WAS A REALLY MEAN AND UNPLEASANT MAN - FEB 1948 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
BILL AS A BABY HELD BY DAD WITH GRANDMA (MY MOM'S MOTHER - NELLIE MCINTOSH) - THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING ON NORMAL AVE AUBURN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHICAGO - GRANDMA OFTEN CAME UP TO CHICAGO FROM INDIANA TO HELP MOM - AFTER THE DIVORCE GRANDMA MOVED TO LIVE, SOMETIMES WITH MOM AND SOMETIMES WITH AUNT WILMA, TO HELP WITH US KIDS - AUG 7 1949 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
MOM AND DAD AND BILL AS A BABY - FATHER WITH CAMERA - I GOT THIS PICTURE FROM MY COUSIN BUT IT IS WRONGLY LABELED "JOHNNIE" - I BELIEVE THIS IS AT THE BACK OF THE LITTLE HOUSE THEY BRIEFLY HAD ON LOWE AVE IN AUBURN PARK CHICAGO ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE AT A RELATIVE'S PLACE - I REMEMBER MY FATHER TELLING ME I WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY BROTHER WHEN WE LIVED IN THE APARTMENT ON NORMAL AVE NOT TOO FAR FROM LOWE AVE - THE HOUSE THEY BOUGHT IS WHERE I AWOKE ONE MORNING TO FIND MY MOM PACKING - I HEARD A SERIOUS FIGHT THE EVENING BEFORE FROM MY BED - OUR WORLD CHANGED DRAMATICALLY AFTER THAT - 1950 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF CHICAGO AND TORONTO LOCATIONS PLUS SOME OTHER PLACES, HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF THE CHUCKMAN FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND MANY OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LARGER EVENTS AND CHANGES UNDERWAY DURING THE PERIOD COVERED
NUNS IN QUEEN'S PARK TORONTO DURING A HEAVY SNOWFALL - 1966 OR 1967 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
Sunday, July 8, 2018
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S CLASS PICTURE FOR GRADES 1B AND 1A - KENWOOD SCHOOL BRANCH 3 AT WHAT WE CALLED "THE COTTAGES" IN PARK AT 53RD AND KENWOOD - THESE WERE NOT LIKE TYPICAL PORTABLES BUT VERY PLEASANT WITH BIG WINDOWS AND THEY SAT IN A PLAYGROUND - I ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE OF THE COTTAGES - THEY WERE STILL STANDING IN 1968 WHEN I VISITED - THE WONDERFUL MRS. NOLAN WAS MY TEACHER - THIS WAS WHEN WE SANG THE SONG "THE SQUIRREL'S SECRET" AND I STILL KNOW THE WORDS - SAME FOR "OVER THE WOODS AND THROUGH THE SNOW TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO" - I'M THE ONE IN THE DARK SHIRT WHO LOOKS LIKE AN EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT IN THE SECOND ROW - MY FRIEND GEORGE-ANN IS FOURTH FROM THE LEFT IN THE FRONT - SHE AND I USED TO DO MRS BEAU'S WINDOWS AND CLIMB ROOFS IN THE ALLEYS - FEB 1952 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - 1968 OCT 11 - KENWOOD ELEMENTARY BRANCH 3 IN THE EARLY 1950s - COTTAGES IN PARK AT 53RD AND KENWOOD - MY HOME SCHOOL IN HYDE PARK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KENWOOD BUT THE OVERCROWDING IN THE POSTWAR YEARS WAS TERRIBLE WITH HALF-DAY CLASSES - THEY OPENED TWO TEMPORARY BRANCHES - THIS ONE (1951-2) WAS DELIGHTFUL WITH THE WINDOWS AND A PLAYGROUND JUST OUTSIDE AND I HAD A WONDERFUL TEACHER NAMED MRS NOLAN - I WAS AMAZED THESE COTTAGES (THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED THEM) STILL STOOD IN 1968 - HYDE PARK CHICAGO
JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN - 51ST STREET - EAST OF THE ALLEY NEAR OUR APARTMENT AT 1311 E HYDE PARK BLVD - WE LOOK AS THOUGH THE DRILL SERGEANT HAD JUST BARKED ATTENTION, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE CASE - I HAD MY BELOVED CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR HAT ON (THEY WERE VERY POPULAR THEN - BILL HAD A UNION HAT - FOR US IT WAS JUST THE COLORS, NOT THE SIDES) - I NOTICE WE BOTH HAD ON THE SAME SHIRTS AS WE DID FOR THE PARK BENCH PICTURE BELOW SO LIKELY THE SAME DATE - EARLY 1950s - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN WITH TOMMY SEGAL (SP?) - 51ST STREET EAST OF 1311 E HYDE PARK BLVD - EARLY 1950s - THE WONDERFUL MRS BEAU'S HOUSE IS IN BACKGROUND - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
Tommy was my friend from Switzerland, and he doesn't have an ice cream cone because this picture was taken when we met him coming from the other direction.
Mrs. Beau, the memorable woman whose house is behind, was very kind to me as a boy. She used to have me and my friend Georgeann come every few weeks to wash her windows. She paid us and set out a wonderful lunch on a little patio table in the backyard, a delightful thing for a kid who lived in a very small apartment. We also were able often to spend time with her grown-up children's games and toys stored in the basement. What was remarkable was the way we met. Georgeann and I were climbing garage roofs in the ally, something we called an "adventure" and often did. Well, we peeked down from one into Mrs. Beau's yard one day, and there she was, gardening, and instead of being upset with our climbing, she invited us down.
I will never forget her kindness.
BILL CHUCKMAN IN SHORTS STANDING IN THE COURTYARD OF AUNT WILMA'S APARTMENT BUILDING IN CHICAGO - IT WAS ON PHILLIPS AVE AROUND 76TH OR 77TH - WE USED TO ENJOY GOING THERE A LOT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG FOR A VISIT - OUR AUNT'S LITTLE APARTMENT SEEMED SO ELEGANT AND SHE ALWAYS HAD SOME NICE TREATS (LIKE A REAL WHIPPED CREAM CAKE OR COFFEE CAKE AND COKES) OR DELICATESSEN STUFF FOR LUNCH - MY MOM NEVER FAILED TO WARN US TO BEHAVE BEFORE WE WENT UPSTAIRS BECAUSE AUNT WILMA HAD FAIRLY FANCY FURNITURE AND STUFF LIKE STATUES OR VASES ON TABLES - NO DATE BUT ESTIMATED ABOUT 1951 OR 1952 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
BILL CHUCKMAN WITH HIS EYES CLOSED - STANDING NEXT TO THE VISITING UNCLE JESSE FROM INDIANA - HE WAS MOM'S HALF-BROTHER AND STAYED A FEW DAYS - I LIKED HIM VERY MUCH AND TO THIS DAY FOLLOW SOME SUGGESTIONS HE MADE TO ME - HYDE PARK BLVD (51ST STREET) CHICAGO - NO DATE - ESTIMATED ABOUT 1952-3 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE
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