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Old Posted Nov 24, 2017, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge View Post
I do not think that is Lou Costello in the red circle.
I tried to find out if Mr. Costello was at the canteen on Thanksgiving 1944.

During my search I came across this photograph of Abbot and Costello performing at the opening the of Hollywood Canteen on Oct. 3rd, 1942.


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By sheer coincidence, the man in the doorway wearing the apron might be the man I thought was Mr. Costello
in the Thanksgiving photo.


this guy


The apron makes me think he could be a manager/employee at the canteen.

(& that would help explain why he's in both photos two years apart )


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