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    Big Klu Autograph

    Thought you guys might like this.

    My mother was looking through some old photos the other day and came across a picture postcard of Big Klu, autographed to my grandfather.

    My grandfather was a pre-union days coal miner in Eastern Kentucky and a simple country preacher. He was a life-long Reds fan, but only got to see them in person once in his entire life - sometime in the 1960s.

    That same decade, my aunt - his daughter - who was living and working in Cincy at the time, got the postcard autographed for my grandfather and sent it to him. All these years later it's an incredible find, and one that I'll treasure forever. I was 11 years old when my grandfather died. It was he who gave me my love for baseball, and the Reds. Eleven is far, far too young for a boy to lose his grandfather.

    In any event, the files were too big to post here, but follow this link to my Facebook page and it's the first picture in the album.

    The second picture, by the way, is the back of the postcard touting Big Klu's restaurant in downtown Cincinnati.

    Hope you enjoy it!

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/a...4&id=506597327
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    I don't have a bookface account

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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Yeah...but my profile is public. You should be taken right to it when you click the link.
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Cool picts, Dan!

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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Quote Originally Posted by writerdan33 View Post
    Yeah...but my profile is public. You should be taken right to it when you click the link.
    I don't have Facebook either and it just links to a log in or sign up page.
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Well, when I tried to upload them, the site said the files were too big. That's why I went with the link. If anyone who can access them can find a way to import them here, feel free...
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Thanks Chip!
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    I was trying to figure out where the restaurant was. La Normandie, now gone, was at 118 E. Sixth St, so it would have been across the street where the 580 Building now stands (although I don't think it's called that anymore). I don't remember the configuration of buildings over there since the 580 Building went up.
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Sweet!

    I have a glove Ted wore during Reds Dream Week. He took it off his hand, autographed it, and gave it to a friend of mine. It was given to me as a gift later. It's the coolest thing ever.
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    Re: Big Klu Autograph

    Quote Originally Posted by redsmetz View Post
    I was trying to figure out where the restaurant was. La Normandie, now gone, was at 118 E. Sixth St, so it would have been across the street where the 580 Building now stands (although I don't think it's called that anymore). I don't remember the configuration of buildings over there since the 580 Building went up.
    It was close to 6th and Walnut. (IIRC)


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