Back in 1950 we were entering the Korean War great uncle Sal was called upon by the OSS that was CIA back then they wanted him to go undercover as a photographer for the seafarers union which she did legit back in the mid-40s after the second world war Anyway Sal was fortunate to take two trips around the world Photographing all ships in transit in the international waterways and also visiting new ports everywhere He took some amazing photos had about 30 of them Published not this one of course

The T-shirt I am wearing is very unique one of my designs from one of Sal‘s original class slides 1947 that’s my great grandfather in the middle and my grandfather Captain Tony and of course wild uncle Joey great uncle Luigi was actually working as a normal guy Well known barber and bookie you’re going to be seeing over 400 interesting little stories on this category along with photo back up That’s what makes my family stories believable and fascinating keep in mind I do a lot of talk text and nothing has been edited yet enjoy

Forget about this shirt this is an incredible category on this site over 400 Pretty wild stories pertaining to the family with photo back up I spent five years on this project we have been doing talk text so there is some grammar problems try to get through them till I fix them

Let me bring you back 100 years in time well actually 98 the year 1923 My great grandfather Luigi takes his three boys Sal Captain Tony and great uncle Luigi great uncle Joey he wasn’t born yet Anyway my great grandpa father had this scrap metal company in Elizabeth New Jersey he never bought any metal and never sold any metal but boy was he really busy with his cousin in Chicago Frank Costello Frank eventually took over the Peacock lounge and the Otis beer Tunnel in the late 20s in Chicago that’s where Sal was book as the world John gets mind reader and piano player If you look at the category on this site Published Stories in articles I will see you all the great ass with Sal’s face all over it there’s over 400 images on this site with story back up

Beside me publishing over 1200 exotic dancers back in the 80s and early 90s there’s hundreds that I photographed that were never published like the strong lady right here if you stay with this category that you’re on right now you will see over 450 images of some cool stuff between Sal and myself there’s a lot of girls in here that I couldn’t Put on Facebook So there are some treasures throughout this category

As great uncle Sal always said the subject is the most important and a photo but the surroundings and backdrop really contribute if you stay on this category you will see 450 really cool images that Sal and myself have taken as far back as 1929 there is even a whole section Of very interesting photos that Captain Tony has taken throughout his life enjoy this amazing category

These are some of Sal‘s buddies in 1951 when Sal was traveling with the seafarers union taking a trip around the world in one of their ships during the Korean War Sal ended up being a under cover photographer for the OSS that was CIA back then that’s right Sal was a secret agent Taking photos of all the ships in transit in the international waterways and also ports around the world

There were some very special woman that hung out at the Coral Lounge In Elizabeth New Jersey

What you’re looking at here is it original negative from 1928 this porch it was taken at my great grandfathers house Luigi by Sal he was 17 that statue on the right side I gave to my sister as a present it said her husband‘s man cave I never knew how old it was Till I found this negative

If you go to either one of my main websites portraitsofnewyork.com or my Image bank of New York mia5.com you will have the opportunity to view 65,000 of my original photos of the 30 years I spent in Manhattan I actually edited them out of 300,000 Remember I spent 30 years Photographing many events parties and some pretty crazy soirées and then of course all the busy intersections in the Big Apple I haven’t yet Met anyone photographer to match my numbers Sorry about the bragging it’s an Italian New Jersey thing I can’t help it