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yes, my daughter points to the little boy and says it is her! my husband is a reference librarian so he is already looking into the local history :)

The gangster thing crossed my mind but i dismissed it because the family that i ended up getting the portrait from live much further out than the city and surrounding oak park and cicero. I am interested though because it didn't dawn on me that it could be extended family of someone...

i guess they could be green or gray. my daughters eyes are green, blue or gray and change day to day with her clothes -- so i should rephrase -- the little boy has light colored eyes and the rest appear dark? people ALWAYS comment on her eyes. No one else has eyes like them in our family.

I checked the back of it and there are no marks at all. no watermark, nothing. totally blank.

I may be totally off on the year. Any insight is appreciated! Thanks!

I think the portrait (a photo not a painting) was done in the late 20's...not sure and the neighbor who gave us the portrait has no idea who they are...no name, just a picture...hmmmm maybe i should put up a pic of it. The only info the neighbor had was that he thought they were Italian. The...

I am so glad that I have found this forum! I am very interested to get your thoughts on this... A couple of years ago, my mother -in-law's neighbor was cleaning out his garage. He does handyman work for seniors. A woman had given him a beautifully framed family portrait. He asked if I...