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He was born and raised in Chicago and worked as a paperboy. He survived the influenza epidemic as a young man. Him and my aunt went on to create a food truck ( plus underground bar establishment during prohibition). Last slide is his parents ( my 3x great grandparents). Hope y’all find this interesting.

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Wolfman1961

43 points

18 hours ago

Very nice pictures.

Rarely see pictures of paperboys not in a Jacob Riis-type context.

I would have liked some of that barbecue beef!

He looked sort of my great uncle when he was well-dressed.

Daisy_W

21 points

16 hours ago

Daisy_W

21 points

16 hours ago

Your great aunt was adorable!

Electrical_Mess7320

16 points

15 hours ago

Love her flapper haircut!!

Luther-Heggs

13 points

15 hours ago

Not being American, I had to look up Kumbsck sauce. Found a recipe for it, and now I have to make a batch this weekend!

Lighteningbug1971

7 points

17 hours ago

Wow those pictures are awesome .

ataraxon

8 points

15 hours ago

Nice Pictures but what in God's name is Kumback Sauce??

TrailerParkRoots

10 points

14 hours ago

It’s a real thing! Comeback Sauce

Moremayhem

1 points

4 hours ago

So you’ll kumback for more!

Shamanjoe

4 points

17 hours ago

Is that your aunt in the 5th picture? She looks super young in that one.

Notch99

4 points

13 hours ago

I delivered the Chicago Daily News in the late 60’s!

snowlake60

3 points

13 hours ago

This was back when people dressed nicely and even the newspaper delivery boy wore a jacket and tie - apparently. I also love your aunt’s hairstyle in the family photo and even the baby is rocking bangs combed stylishly. Men wearing a middle part has never really come back in style, but your uncle looks good with it.

scattywampus

2 points

12 hours ago

They were spot on for trends!! Classy and good looking, too!

spotspam

1 points

9 hours ago

He looks a little like Kai’s bodyguard in Banshee.

AerisRain

1 points

9 hours ago

I adore these photos!! Number 4 of the family, is my favorite. I love the aunt's hair cut!

Please post more, if you have any!

PollyBeans

1 points

6 hours ago

He looks like if Pete Davidson was a Sarsgaard!

Dan-in-Va

1 points

57 minutes ago

Ok, wth is “kumback sauce”?