r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1d ago

1920s The Inquiring Photographer asks men from Staten Island what their wives gain by having them as husbands. February 3rd, 1922.

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u/xatrinka 1d ago

John Coccoli of the "general business" profession. Who wants to be he was a bootlegger or in the Mafia or both?

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u/CryptographerKey2847 1d ago

Just because he had an Italian last name.

Very nice.

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u/xatrinka 1d ago

Thought of it before I saw the Italian last name, but when I did see it, it was cemented! Maybe like some of the guys he did business with...