Mafia Don?

[The Captain]

Here is a photo that I just found of my Mother, Father and my paternal Grandmother taken sometime in the early '30s. He looks like a Mafioso!
Taken in Omaha, Nebraska.

 

[shamus]

Nice pic!

I'm pretty sure that Omaha, Nebraska in the 30's wasn't exactly the Mob capitial.. but ya' never know. Maybe your ..."connected"

 

[The Captain]

Shamus, believe it or not, my Dad's parents came from a little town in Sicily caLLED "CORLEONE!" I'm just second generation here in this country.

 

[Dahlia]

Very nice photo, Captain! I think he's got this pose down.

And your mother's shoes! Very lovely, indeed.

 

[captain spectre]

Hey in Omaha in the thirties, the meat packing trade was a cut throat business, so I am sure there was some kind of rackettering going on around here.

 

[Andykev]

What a classic look

Captain, your web site is beautiful! You are the creator, artist? Wow!

 

[captain spectre]

Andykev,
Yep, it is all mine......from the idea, to the story to the art, even the html....
hey and thanks for looking at it.....hope you downloaded your FREE membership card.......it's a bit of that secret squadron nostalgia the site has going.... I try to update it once a week, on Monday evenings...... so visit often.......

 

[Mycroft]

Acually, I read somewhere Omaha was a big mob retreat, and read this tibit: http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/Omaha.html Oh, nice pic, I like the think hat band a lot.

 

[The Captain]

Mycroft, many thanks for the "Mafia in Omaha" link. I was (sort of) surprised
at how many names I recognized! Not only that, but I frequented many of the establishments run by the alledged bookies. The Rocket Pool Hall was a second home to many of my friends - the pool shooters. If I listen real hard I can still hear the click of the balls. Thanks again!

 

[Mycroft]

No prob, do you got any good stories on the mob in Omaha or the people in the article?

 

[Wild Root]

Humm, tough call. I would say right off the bat he has the look of doing rather well in such hard times. There were rather questionable means of business back in those days in most of the country. So, if you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re not up to snuff on your family history, you may want to start to dig and find out what you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re roots are and what some of your family did for work. It can be hard, but if he did live a life of crime, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m sure there is a written history some where about him.

Any way, most of our humble ancestors do look like mob bosses to the average Joe today for the reason of wearing a hat and a suit. Go fig.

Root.

 

[The Captain]

Root, the caption I put on the photo was really in jest. It was the look that made me do it! He just looks so much like our image of "a man of questionable means". Actually, he served in the Army Airforce during WWII and then stayed in the service until he retired. I have some cool photos of him in uniform. "Connected?" Not really.

 

[Lauren]

I LOVE her suit. I need to make me one of those

 

[The Captain]

Lauren, my mother will celebrate her 90th birthday soon. I'll tell her you love her suit. Thanks!

 

[The Captain]

No prob, do you got any good stories on the mob in Omaha or the people in the article?

Mycroft, as the old saying goes, "If I told you, I'd have to kill you!" Just kidding, the names were in the press a lot and some of the "establishments" I frequented were owned and run by those same people, but the link you sent was pretty thorough. I learned things I didn't know and I lived there until I was 22 (1957).

 

[Mycroft]

Mycroft, as the old saying goes, "If I told you, I'd have to kill you!" Just kidding, the names were in the press a lot and some of the "establishments" I frequented were owned and run by those same people, but the link you sent was pretty thorough. I learned things I didn't know and I lived there until I was 22 (1957).

I always had a death wish . Very cool anyhow.

 

[The Captain]

Here is a shot of my Dad from '44 or '45, in uniform. His "suit" isn't quite as flashy as it is in the previous photo, but it was mass-produced by Uncle Sam!

 

[The Captain]

Every time I look at this I hear the words to that song that goes,
"Oh, I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, the Boston Blackie kind...."!
Me? I go in for the more robust kind.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

He has his cap at a jaunty angle which makes him OK in my book!

 

[Mycroft]

Great Picture, like the coloring too is it orginal coloring?