A black and white photograph shows eleven individuals seated at a dining table, consisting of eight adults and three children. To the left are five individuals, four adults, and one child. Two of the individuals are seated at the table. The person sitting on the far left is dressed in a blouse with a patterned skirt, and the individual to their right is also seated and is wearing a polo shirt and glasses. Above them stand three figures: two adults and one child. In the center, two individuals stand. The person on the central left-hand side is facing the camera and wearing a button-up shirt. The person on the central right-hand side is wearing a blouse and patterned skirt. They have their hand clenched in a thumbs-up position. On the central right-hand side are two seated individuals, one adult and one child. The child is wearing a long-sleeved turtleneck, is holding a stuffed horse, and is seated on the lap of the far-right figure. The individual to the far right is sitting and is dressed in a button-up polo shirt and a watch. To the far right-hand side stand two individuals, an adult and a child. The adult is bent over and is wearing a plaid shirt with rolled-up sleeves. They also have their hand resting on the shoulder of the child located in the bottom right corner. In the foreground is a set dining table, with glasses and plates set and a cake placed at the end of the table. The background comprises household items such as a cabinet with a landscape painting hung above (far left), an archway, and a dining cabinet filled with glass dishes with a figurative painting on the lower shelf (far right). On the back of the photograph is writing which reads, "DAWhite." 

LOCATION: West Ridge, Chicago IL YEAR: 1992 PEOPLE IN PHOTO: Back row: Jeanne Cotsones Lum Bernstein, Maria Alexander Martucci , Maria Mavros Kochilas, , Georgia Cotsones Alexander and Frank White Seated: Beatrice Cotsones, Alexandra B. White, Michael Cotsones, Elyse Bernstein on her Papou John Cotsones' lap and Francis SK White. Our family loved to celebrate birthdays and holidays throughout the decades. Here we are as adults with grandchildren and children and one on the way who will be Anastasia Cotsones who is a mother herself in 2025. We are in our two flat on the Northside where my parents, Georgia and Angelo lived and where I live on the first floor with my family. It was the old fashion story of co-blending the generations in an apartment building which is how we lived on the Southside. My daughter Alexandra (Alex) can be seen grinning while checking out the lit birthday cake while my husband Frank is with his namesake Francis. You can't tell in the black and white photo but both of my children have bright red hair!

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