Mystery Illustration 60

Can the appearance of all these white males from 1957 lead us to guess what their common bond was? Judges? Cops? Farmers? Fuller Brush salesmen?

The original has gone dark behind the CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARCHIVES paywall. But luckily I saved the answer--after the jump.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 23, 2017
Category: 1950s | Men

Comments

Mafia members was my guess.

Posted by Virtual on 10/23/17 at 10:22 AM

Guys with worse problems than you - they are expected to wear a tie!

Posted by KDP on 10/23/17 at 03:56 PM

My guess was they all had fat or misshapen noses.

Posted by Fritz G on 10/24/17 at 07:27 AM

I was going to say they were all gay...

Posted by Brian on 10/24/17 at 01:17 PM

Possibly all 4 of the previous comments are correct suppositions.

Posted by John on 10/25/17 at 11:28 AM

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