In 2002 I finally got control of my great uncle Sal’s estate thousands of original prints negatives and glass slides that’s just the photo part many publish photos as far back as the mid-30s what was really fascinating was his collection of these giant mask he made his entire life he made over 300 of them I managed to get 110 I hung up 65 of them throughout my house and studio in New Jersey whoever you were in that house there was a mask looking at you I did about 60 portfolios with the mass in the background Sal was doing portfolios with these as far back as 1937 he made some in the late 20s but not colossal like this this category on this website has a lot of our portfolios with the masks beside real New Jersey gangsters key west Pirates and of course the evil wicked night life that I captured in New York and New Jersey there is over 900 images on this category with some fascinating stories all taken by my great uncle Sal my wild grandfather captain Tony from Key West and mysel
If you stay in this category on this website you will see over 900 images all taken by my great uncle Sal Captain Tony from Key West and myself These are the original Sopranos right out of Elizabeth New Jersey On this category you will see lots of pirates smugglers from Key West and as far as the evil wicked nightlife some pretty wild looking exotic dancers and yes there is art on this category but what makes you unique wall 900 images have stories about them I have been working on this site for 20 years It is still an art project in the works our family has over 350,000 images over a 90 year span of time I’ll be busy for another 10 years enjoy
I’m always talking about all my wild relatives on both sides of the family we have the Key West Italians a unique group of the family but one of my favorites are the Jersey shore my mom side very loud and funny my mom has 11 brothers and sisters and out of New Jersey there is the Elizabeth New Jersey crew don’t mess with us and then you have the Manhattan crew great uncle Sal wild uncle Joey that’s him here with Jackie Gleason uncle Joey has his unique claim to fame’s in the early 40s he was a golden glove boxer when he was growing up he was one of those 42nd St. pool hustlers and watch salesman in time square he eventually started performing in a band and ended up being on a Jackie Gleason show a bunch of times ed Sullivan A lot of New York Yankee games and then he played in the White House for President Johnson in the first lady I spent a lot of time with my great uncle Joey when he played at Captain Tonys with his band My second son Joseph what is the name day after him
You were on a website that has been around for over 20 years just in this category alone there is over 900 images with some pretty wild stories that’s because the three photographers where are some pretty wild guys and these images go back as far as 90 years ago first you have Sal World youngest mind reader booked during prohibition then the Famous Captain Tony New Jersey mob guy rum smuggler out of key west Florida during the 40s and 50s he eventually bought the original Hemingway bar and talked himself into becoming mayor of that crazy island the last wild Photographer is myself I have been a published photographer for over 42 years Key West, New York, and New Jersey I pretty much cover the evil wicked nightlife and published over 1200 exotic dancers Between all three of us we have some images and some pretty wild stories check them out
A little Chinatown New York City history right here I spent seven years on Canal Street we had a camera store there and I had a little studio upstairs for probably around 100 years you can go to Canal street can buy fake watches purses sneakers just about anything these are like the third generation Chinese purse girls all of them are looking at one of their friends getting arrested by a undercover cop I took a quick photo
The category your are on has over 900 images with some pretty wild stories all the images are taken by The Terracina family over a span of 90 years Sal, Captain Tony from Key West, And myself Keith I have been working on this project and website for 20 years
Good morning everybody I am one of the original large format negatives from the Sal collection Donald Trump 1972 on this category right here there is over 900 images pertaining to the Terracina family they were taken by three family members Sal Keith and Captain Tony each image has a story pertaining to what you’re looking atThis has been an art project for close to 20 years and it is still in progress it’s also the birth of our book enjoy
You were on the website that I created over 20 years ago it was originally all about my great uncle Sal and his accomplishments I also throw in a lot of my published Photos I have been a published Photographer Since the late 70s I pretty much covered Key West back then I worked for the Key West Citizens newspaper covering all the major drug busts Key west nightlife an the Cuban boatlift I also made it over to New York City and ended up publishing over 1200 exotic dancers in many different magazines, also on this category you’ll see all my famous grandfathers images that he was taking in Key West In the 40s and 50s you probably heard of him Captain Tony Take your time on this site there’s over 900 images with some very wild stories
Things you may not know about my great uncle Sal who is featured in this category with his little brother Captain Tony and myself there is over 900 images in this category With some pretty wild stories all three of us were published photographers Sall had his first studio in 1928 he was 17 while he was taking pictures in his studio in New Jersey he was performing in night clubs In Chicago New York and Jersey he was booked as the worlds youngest mind reader This ad is from 1929 the club was operated by Frank Costello Chicago mob boss also Sal’s father’s Second-cousin Sal worked for three of his clubs in Chicago If you stay on this site you will be witnessing a birth of an incredible book
If you like gangsters from the 40s and 50s an strippers from the 80s, very interesting people from the streets of New York City, Beautiful published models and vintage photography from the late 20s and 30s this category is for you 93 years of some pretty cool photographs all taken by those wild Terracina‘s Sal, Captain Tony, and myself Keith West Terracina There is over 1000 images on this category with some pretty wild stories it is an amazing art project in the works you were seeing a creation of a book enjoy