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MY GRANDFATHER REFUSED TO POSE FOR SNAPSHOTS, SAYING
THAT HE WOULD DIE WITHIN A YEAR IF WE TOOK HIS PICTURE.
IN 1957 (SEPTEMBER) HE ALLOWED US TO TAKE HIS PICTURE
BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION--I WAS GETTING MARRIED.
IN OCTOBER, 1958 HE DIED--AT THE AGE OF 90, OF CANCER.

Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS SAMUEL GONDEK; HE WAS BORN IN
POLAND. WHEN HE CAME TO AMERICA, HE SETTLED IN
BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gaylord

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 05-00-1965

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