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Stella Angela Bandusky

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Stella Angela Bandusky
A photo of Stella Angela Bandusky with daughter Susan Bandusky (my mother and sister)
Date & Place: in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60638, United States
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Late 1950's? Early 1960's? All the details were added by the submitter - except the date!
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10/11/2018
The mom looks like an Italian movie star.
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10/11/2018
My very thought. . . Gina Lolabrada. . .can’t spell her last name. . .but she was a beautiful in her day.
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10/12/2018
She has the same face of my mother 0.0 oh gosh! (And Yes, we are italians)
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10/12/2018
@saundra do you mean gina lollobrigida?:)
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10/11/2018
it's 1963 just by the length of the skirt and hair do.
whats offensive?
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10/11/2018
The plaques on the wall?
AncientFaces I don't see them as offensive, you have no idea where they live, who they bought them from, or where they were manufactured. Its common for African and arab plaques to be found in homes all over the world
I have masks and plaques from Indonesia in my home, hopefully oneway nobody finds them offensive
btw you should know that the plaques are Al La Din or Alladin! the nam Alladin means the light of god, thats why there is a light in his head
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10/11/2018
That's a nice piece of information! In California, we used to have a coffee shop chain that was called "Sambos." The walls were painted with murals from the story. They were all closed down - did they exist in other parts of the US? Do they still?
AncientFaces I dont think so, and I know what a Sambo was and this is not that thank god
AncientFaces We went to one many years ago in Santa Barbara. Maybe about 2001. I’m sure it’s closed now.
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10/11/2018
So was this only a California chain?
AncientFaces no
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10/11/2018
That has always been one of my favorite stories.. too nad it has gotten a bad name. Sambo was the name of the little boy in the story...I bought a modern version of the story when my childeren were little
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10/11/2018
They were in Oregon, too.
AncientFaces I looked it up. It was originally in 47 states, but in the 70’s it got a lot of flack due to its name, which was actually a combo of the two owners names. They capitalized on “Sambo” and it eventually backfired on them. Apparently, Santa Barbara is the only one left and is still open!
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10/11/2018
Yeap, these "exotic" plaques are spreading not very good vibrations for totally different culture...
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10/11/2018
No, unfortunately we had a Sambos in Arlington, Texas until the late 1970s. The imagery was as offensive as it sounds. Worse.

I also don't find the wall sconces offensive. I have Arabic art in my home (only Islamic patterns) and no one finds that offensive.
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10/11/2018
AncientFaces yes but where I grew up they were pancake restaurants like ihop
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10/11/2018
AncientFaces the plaques look like genies. What’s offensive ??🧞‍♀️
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10/11/2018
AncientFaces we lived in Syracuse NY in the mid 80’s to early 90’s and had a Sambo’s where we enjoyed their breakfasts. They are definitely closed now but their food was actually good.
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10/11/2018
My aunt has some wall plaques similar, it was popular then and she lived in small town, western Canada.
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10/11/2018
Joanne Latham Jacobellis There is one Sambo's in Santa Barbara. It was a chain, yes. Good food. Ate there many times.
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10/11/2018
Joanne Latham Jacobellis True. I knew who the owners were.
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10/11/2018
AncientFaces - Had them in South Carolina - they were actually named after the two founders Sam b. and Mr Bohnett. SAM-BO. People assumed it was named after the children’s storybook and the owners capitalized on the assumption.
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10/12/2018
Washington state as well..Lynnwood.
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10/12/2018
Those furry chairs are darn offensive 😆😆😆
AncientFaces not for that time period
AncientFaces you are taking this subject to outer space. Why did you post it, to start trouble.....

Well you got it...
Enjoy
AncientFaces just stop the racial c***.......this world is in enough of a rumble without you starting a civil riot.....

I lived through those times, they weren't pretty.
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10/14/2018
What's uglier is hearing people complaining online about what can't be done because it's passed.
AncientFaces Sambo's Restaurant decor and theme was fashioned after the popular children's book, "Little Black Sambo". About a family in INDIA whose son, Sambo, loved pancakes. Sambo's Restaurant was a pancake house. The author lived in India most of her life and wrote the book for her grandchildren. I grew up with the book and loved t. It had NOTHING to do with Africans. It made a hero out of a little Indian boy who conquered a Tiger and made Tiger Butter for his pancakes. P.C. idiocy of today has gotten way out of hand and robbed us of some classics.
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10/11/2018
She looks like Elzabeth Taylor.
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10/12/2018
That was my first thought too! 💕💚
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10/11/2018
Late 50s, very early 60s before skirts took a hike.
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10/11/2018
I'd say early 60s....
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10/11/2018
1963?
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10/11/2018
mom is gorgeous
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10/11/2018
Those chairs are atrocious, and I’m being polite
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10/11/2018
I'd say " Late 50's to 60's , Lol. African Tribe's Men, not "Sambo, whose origan was America, I remembered.
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10/11/2018
Not offensive in the least.
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10/11/2018
there is absolutely nothing ancient about these faces.
Late 50s
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10/11/2018
Nothing is offensive.
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10/12/2018
The “statues” on the wall...
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10/12/2018
Daphnee Lajeunesse That is not offense to me. Many people had "black" or African" art - it's highly collectible category.
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10/11/2018
About 1958-1959
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10/11/2018
Early 60's :p
This picture is a time capsule of that period. Everything about it is just fine , modern and in good taste for that period ...and mom is beautiful
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10/11/2018
The Mom's hair-do is/at least from 1968. I started Beauty School that year.:)
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10/11/2018
I would say late 50s due to eyebrows and hair style. The skirt length reflects dresses from pictures in my own family.
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10/11/2018
Fancy pretty gals.
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10/12/2018
Offensive? It was when women looked like women, and it worked WAY better that way. And I say mid-late 60's, as the "Mom" isn't wearing any gloves with such a fancy dress. My friend's Mom has a picture of her & her Husband from 63, and she's wearing gloves in it. Could be earlier, but that's what I think...
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10/12/2018
Dude, wake up. They mean the plaques on the wall.
Osaka, we all know what is implied.....but no matter what you or I think today it was not applicable then. It was a simpler time, it was what it was......no political reprocussions back then. So chill out and take it as it WAS.
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10/13/2018
Women looked like women? What the actual F does that even mean?
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10/13/2018
Iri Bendis women dressed feminine, in a dress, poised feminine, looked altogether feminine. Like a woman,
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10/13/2018
Haha oh, so being feminine is dependant on a piece of clothing and if you don't dress in pretty dresses you're what...? Not female?
Iri Bendis ok, I'll say it for the women that want to but are affraid to say it......YES!!!! Or at least clothes that keep your private parts private. Stop taking selfies of yourself all puckered up, you look dumb. Stop drinking in bars and making an a** of yourself, stop the dirty language, leave married men alone, leave your friend's boyfriend alone, and have a sandwich so your clothes have something to hang on to
Iri Bendis dont say you havent asked me for this........they dont look like you do in your picture
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10/12/2018
Nik Ki guardaaaa una sosia di mamma da giovane!
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10/12/2018
Quella a sinistra?
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10/12/2018
Ovviamente
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10/12/2018
Aaa ecco sì è uguale xd
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10/12/2018
50’s based on woman’s hairstyle
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10/12/2018
Omg, do anyone even know who that is? Unbelievable
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10/13/2018
50's?
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10/14/2018
Nothing offensive but the worrying
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10/18/2018
Over the fireplace art work late 40's or very early 50's.
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11/01/2018
Rose Gasak Pretty much what I was thinking...
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Stella Angela Bandusky of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County was born on December 25, 1922, and died at age 78 years old on March 20, 2001.
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