Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›A Lifetime Apart -- Wrinkled face of Ka-Ka Gesick, Chippewa reputed to be 120 years old, contrasted with smooth face of his youngest great-grandson, Kelly, 11 months, as the town of Warroad, Minn., held a birthday party for the old man yesterday. No birth records exist, so leaders consulted old timers' memories and fixed date as May 14. Relatives and friends visited old man at open house at rest home where he now lives. Kelly is son of Robert Ka-Ka Gesick.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
A Lifetime Apart -- Wrinkled face of Ka-Ka Gesick, Chippewa reputed to be 120 years old, contrasted with smooth face of his youngest great-grandson, Kelly, 11 months, as the town of Warroad, Minn., held a birthday party for the old man yesterday. No birth records exist, so leaders consulted old timers' memories and fixed date as May 14. Relatives and friends visited old man at open house at rest home where he now lives. Kelly is son of Robert Ka-Ka Gesick.
Associated Press · [ca. May 1964]
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