Printed portrait of Andrew Petrakis, father of donor. Picture is taken from the waist up. Colored photograph. Andrew is possibly in his 50's dressed in his formal chicago fire uniform: black jacket with Chicago Fire emblome on the sleeve and chest and wearing visor hat.

Andrew Petrakis was a fire battalion chief. He first joined the department after WWII and continued his serivce for 40 more years, retiring in 1979 at the age of 77. He past away at 1995, of a heart attack in his Flordia home.

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