My Mom was our family photographer. She photographed our family all the time. And we still have those timeless photographs taken 70 years ago, with a 2 1/4 square camera. It wasn’t until years later that I learned about this family camera. I was moving out of my family home, after serving 2 years in the U.S. Army. My new apartment was in Lincoln Park, In Chicago. My mom gathered a couple of boxes with items she thought I could use for my first apartment. In one of the boxes was this camera. I opened the camera, and I found my name neatly printed on the inside. The camera was a gift from my Grandparents, on my first birthday.

I moved to the north side of Chicago because I was was working at Vogue Wright Studios at 469 E Ohio Street. I also lived in a loft studio at Wacker Dr & Lake St. In downtown Chicago. The 5 story building is still there. In a couple of years I met my wife, and we purchase a 3 flat brick building in Lincoln Park. Yes we are still married.

That is me on the left with my sister & brother.