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Uncle Ben Demby. c. 1948. Photographer unknown. Submitted by Holly Demby Molnar.

Uncle Ben Demby. c. 1948. Photographer unknown.  Aunt Janice Demby is smiling.  Submitted by Cousin Holly Demby.

 

Paul Goldfinger,  Editor, Blogfinger.net

There are times when I act silly.  It probably is a genetic trait.  Here is Uncle Ben Demby. His daughter Holly Demby  Molnar  (my silly cousin) sent it to us.  The family grew up in Bayonne, and Uncle Ben  (not the rice guy) was the youngest of nine.

One time he was in my hospital, Dover General, and all the nurses called him “Uncle Ben.”

He was known as a sharp dresser, a smooth dancer, and a ladies’ man.

During WWII he won a bronze star for valor  in the Pacific.     But here we see the other side.

 

PINK MARTINI

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Eileen (L), Mike, Hope and Chico. Ocean Grove, April 2014.

Eileen (L), Michael, Hope and Chico. Ocean Grove, April 2014.  Paul Goldfinger photograph ©

 

ALLISON ADAMS TUCKER  “Volver”

 

 

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Uncle George Harkavy. Somewhere in California. Photographer unknown. c. 1920's

Uncle George Harkavy. Somewhere in California. Photographer unknown. c. 1920’s.

 

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger

Eileen didn’t know her uncle George very well.  He lived in California, and she doesn’t know his occupation.  He was one of 8 kids who grew up in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

It’s fun to speculate about a person from a photograph. His dress and manner make me believe that he was in California.  In fact, I think he looks like a Hollywood mogul or maybe an actor.

He’s smoking a pipe, and that used to be a common sight. You could count on sniffing some wonderful pipe smoke  if you walked around town or on a college campus.  Some of my friends liked that affectation, and most of them smoked “Cherry Blend.” We didn’t know about second hand smoke back when.  We thought that there was no danger if you didn’t inhale.  Even Bill Clinton believed that.

 

DUKE ELLINGTON and his  ORCHESTRA:

 

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Roaring twenties Harkavy family auto.

Roaring twenties Harkavy family auto.  Eileen’s flapper aunts: Sarah, Belle, and Claire (left to right).  The driver is not related.

HADI MOUALLEM and FAPI LAFERTIN QUARTET

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