Sal‘s mask photography studio in Manhattan 45th St. early 60s the big masks in the background were used in all his mind reading and hypnotizing acts as far back as the mid 30s he actually started reading minds in Chicago at the Otis beer tunnel and the Peacock lounge back in the late 20s Sal‘s father Luigi my great grandfather was cousins with Frank Costello who operated those clubs By the way that’s our real last name long story on that one

Sal‘s mask photography studio in Manhattan 45th St. early 60s the big masks in the background were used in all his mind reading and hypnotizing acts as far back as the mid 30s he actually started reading minds in Chicago at the Otis beer tunnel and the Peacock lounge back in the late 20s Sal‘s father Luigi my great grandfather was cousins with Frank Costello who operated those clubs By the way that’s our real last name long story on that one

That’s my grandfather in the middle kneeling my dad is on the far left he’s the oldest of his 12 brothers and sisters I am the oldest grandson I’m 65 now There is another 40 grandchildren and great grandchildren my grandfather had an older brother Sal he was booked as the world juniors mind reader back during prohibition in New York and Chicago late 20s early 30s he also was a famous photographer and mask maker and played piano and many nightclubs Captain Tony Sal and myself we’re also all published and accomplished photographers so we have 93 years of incredible photographs with some amazing stories this category on this site has 800 of them With a little story about every one of them

That’s my grandfather in the middle kneeling my dad is on the far left he’s the oldest of his 12 brothers and sisters I am the oldest grandson I’m 65 now There is another 40 grandchildren and great grandchildren my grandfather had an older brother Sal he was booked as the world juniors mind reader back during prohibition in New York and Chicago late 20s early 30s he also was a famous photographer and mask maker and played piano and many nightclubs Captain Tony Sal and myself we’re also all published and accomplished photographers so we have 93 years of incredible photographs with some amazing stories this category on this site has 800 of them With a little story about every one of them

Something interesting about this category you were on now there is over 700 images that were either taken by my great uncle Sal my grandfather Captain Tony and myself each photograph pertains to some wild times in our lives actually 96 years worth You will also see many published stories about Sal and Captain Tony I even have a bunch of published images with stories take your time on this category some really cool stuff that can’t go on Facebook

Something interesting about this category you were on now there is over 700 images that were either taken by my great uncle Sal my grandfather Captain Tony and myself each photograph pertains to some wild times in our lives actually 96 years worth You will also see many published stories about Sal and Captain Tony I even have a bunch of published images with stories take your time on this category some really cool stuff that can’t go on Facebook

About two years ago I picked up this incredible painting of Marilyn Monroe it was done in the 70s Lisa and I had it in our house I bought it because I loved it not to sell it but I knew one day I would I knew this guy who love Marilyn Monroe and buys of anything that nobody has this painting was one of them it’s not here anymore and I’m sad That’s the price you pay when you love art but your job is selling it especially I one-of-a-kind piece

About two years ago I picked up this incredible painting of Marilyn Monroe it was done in the 70s Lisa and I had it in our house I bought it because I loved it not to sell it but I knew one day I would I knew this guy who love Marilyn Monroe and buys of anything that nobody has this painting was one of them it’s not here anymore and I’m sad That’s the price you pay when you love art but your job is selling it especially I one-of-a-kind piece

This is one of the girls I used for one of those 900 numbers our company had 12 of them you know talk to a sexy girl for $1.99 a minute we use Kelly’s face on a lot of our ads in the back of newspapers everybody wanted to talk to Kelly of course they never did usually a housewife that work for us Anyway just want to let you know this category neuron there is over 700 images either taken by Sal captain Tony or myself 96 years of interesting photos with short stories a lot of them will be in our book this girl right here goes under one of my categories faces of seduction keep going through all these images in this category you’ll see some cool stuff are we putting on five a night for the next year there will be Over 5000 images on this site with stories

This is one of the girls I used for one of those 900 numbers our company had 12 of them you know talk to a sexy girl for .99 a minute we use Kelly’s face on a lot of our ads in the back of newspapers everybody wanted to talk to Kelly of course they never did usually a housewife that work for us Anyway just want to let you know this category neuron there is over 700 images either taken by Sal captain Tony or myself 96 years of interesting photos with short stories a lot of them will be in our book this girl right here goes under one of my categories faces of seduction keep going through all these images in this category you’ll see some cool stuff are we putting on five a night for the next year there will be Over 5000 images on this site with stories

What you are looking at is one of the burlesque girls that traveled with the World the Mirth a bizarre traveling carnival great uncle Sal pretty much was running everything doing his mind reading act playing the piano in Oregon for the girls show he also had a mask photography studio and his big trailer when all the smoke cleared he did a magazine for them. This carnival would work in different towns for a week and then move on it had psycho clowns midgets the fat lady an incredible burlesque show but the real bizarre thing was when they were all finished at night they started drinking moonshine wearing Sal‘s masks and running around naked Sal told me some crazy stories

What you are looking at is one of the burlesque girls that traveled with the World the Mirth a bizarre traveling carnival great uncle Sal pretty much was running everything doing his mind reading act playing the piano in Oregon for the girls show he also had a mask photography studio and his big trailer when all the smoke cleared he did a magazine for them. This carnival would work in different towns for a week and then move on it had psycho clowns midgets the fat lady an incredible burlesque show but the real bizarre thing was when they were all finished at night they started drinking moonshine wearing Sal‘s masks and running around naked Sal told me some crazy stories

The World the Mirth 1949 besides Sal making all their masks reading peoples minds playing the organ and piano for the burlesque girls show He took all the photos for their magazine even had his own photography mask studio with them this is Sal painting the tallest man in the world after they performed all day and part of the night they would all go back to Sal‘s trailer the psycho midgets some pretty wild clowns the fat lady let’s not forget those Berleass girls they had lots of moonshine there and would put some of Sal‘s masks on the little ones you wear the sex orgy ones Are used to brag to my uncle Sal in Key West in the 70s about the parties that were going on then he would tell me his stories he put my stories in his little side pocket

The World the Mirth 1949 besides Sal making all their masks reading peoples minds playing the organ and piano for the burlesque girls show He took all the photos for their magazine even had his own photography mask studio with them this is Sal painting the tallest man in the world after they performed all day and part of the night they would all go back to Sal‘s trailer the psycho midgets some pretty wild clowns the fat lady let’s not forget those Berleass girls they had lots of moonshine there and would put some of Sal‘s masks on the little ones you wear the sex orgy ones Are used to brag to my uncle Sal in Key West in the 70s about the parties that were going on then he would tell me his stories he put my stories in his little side pocket

This is my grandfather‘s third boat the greyhound three it was 65 feet long had to super charged diesel engines in it it could pretty much go faster then any Cuban marine patrol boat and pretty much faster than most of the boats with the Coast Guard This boat got to go out to the reef in less than one hour during the day as far as those night smuggling trips to Cuba my grandfather drove it with no running lights This is the boat that he brought the CIA agents back-and-forth to Cuba while he was smuggling rum and sponges

This is my grandfather‘s third boat the greyhound three it was 65 feet long had to super charged diesel engines in it it could pretty much go faster then any Cuban marine patrol boat and pretty much faster than most of the boats with the Coast Guard This boat got to go out to the reef in less than one hour during the day as far as those night smuggling trips to Cuba my grandfather drove it with no running lights This is the boat that he brought the CIA agents back-and-forth to Cuba while he was smuggling rum and sponges