At one time my maternal grandfather was a garment cutter. Later he had an auto repair shop. It’s unclear what all happened during the intervening years of carousing and various jobs and one near-fatal shooting, but he wound up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he became — of course — a successful real estate agent.
According to my mom’s note, this is a photo of Robert Bruce with his last wife, Eleanore, “in front of Daddy’s realty co. He was the first industrial realtor in Phoenix.” So now you know who to blame…