This photo has been in the bin at the antique store for years. I'm not sure why I've always put it back after looking at this incredibly beautiful face, but obviously I'm not alone. Why didn't anyone take this fellow home? He's stunning. If he walked into an agents office they'd sign him before he opened his mouth. Perhaps it's that he's almost too perfect.
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Was life easy for him because of his looks? Was he born into wealth? Or was he able to use his looks to meet his aspirations? Was he a kind man or a cruel man?
If he was doted upon, charmed everyone, succeeded in life, how would the people who were jealous of him react to finding his photo has been rejected by others; that his face, out of context to his life, can be easily ignored.
His name is Gene Dickinson, and that is most likely all we will ever know.
UPDATE: IntenseGuy has provided the following which might be information about Gene's life:
I think this is Eugene E. Dickerson -
His find a grave memorial is here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7692906
He was born July 1864 in Michigan and Hattie and settled in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois (as of 1900) and had several sons and daughters.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS44-TGJ
They moved west and were in Tulare County, California by 1910.
He is listed as a "House Painter". (Doesn't that kill the romance?) and he and his wife Hattie lived in Kaweah, Tulare, California for several years before moving to Pasadena by 1930.
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I think this is Eugene E. Dickerson -
ReplyDeleteHis find a grave memorial is here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7692906
He was born July 1864 in Michigan and Hattie and settled in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois (as of 1900) and had several sons and daughters.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS44-TGJ
They moved west and were in Tulare County, California by 1910.
He is listed as a "House Painter". (Doesn't that kill the romance?) and he and his wife Hattie lived in Kaweah, Tulare, California for several years before moving to Pasadena by 1930.
Oh my yes, that bursts the bubble. I had hoped he was a man of letters teaching at some college, taking trips to Europe, enchanting all who met him. Not that there's anything wrong with being a house painter. Perhaps a house painter who quoted poetry?
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