The real Sopranos

If you get a hold of a book called the Peterstown press you’ll see a lot of photographs of these guys these are the original Sopranos from Elizabeth New Jersey not only do I have the original negatives and prints I have their names great uncle Sal did their portraits at the famous mob barbershop called Henny LaSalle’s my great uncle Lou was a barber there before he opened up his own barbershop called grooming unlimited a lot of New York Yankees got their haircut there, There was a nice little room in the back for making bet, What’s interesting about these portraits these mob guys who ran Elizabeth New Jersey back in the 40s and early 50s new Sal was gay Sal use to joke and say he hypnotized them If you go to the section tough guys of New Jersey in Chicago you’ll see a lot more bad ass Italian portraits

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