Rudolph Wanderone, Sr.

Fig. 2: Fat’s father, Rudolf Walter Wanderone Sr., first worked as a blacksmith’s apprentice in the U.S.

Fig. 2 shows a picture of Rudolf Wanderone, Sr., Fats’ dad. I love this picture. It shows the Swiss immigrant in his workman’s clothes. His first job in the United States was as a blacksmith’s apprentice, a job that Fats claimed paid him only $1.50 per week. It looks from this photo that Rudolf Sr. may actually be engaged in the practice.

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Rudolph Wanderone Jr. is "the only son of four children born to Rudolph Walter Wanderone, Sr., a merchant seaman and later a plumbing and heating contractor, and Rosa Bergin Wanderone, a homemaker."