Black and white photo of a group of men in suits standing in a candy store, with a man and woman behind the counter. The photo appears to be a scan of a photo in a newspaper, and the men's faces are hard to make out. The flooring has tiles, and there are cone shaped lights hanging from the ceiling. The bottom of the photo reads "Gus Flesor's Kandy Kitchen, 1924, was an outstanding ice cream parlor and candy factory for the -unty. Shown (l to r) Pearl Swiney, Gus Flesor, Charlie Hawkins, Dusty Rhodes, Coxey Jones, Eli -urphy, Clyde Larimer, Anne Pig Baker and Tom Flesor."

Gus Flesor was born in Pigadakia, Greece in 1879. He married Sophia Tingos in Illinois in 1914, and they had eight children. He moved to Tuscola, Illinois in 1901 and opened the Tuscola Kandy Kitchen. Two of his brothers, Tom and Nicholas, came from Greece to help with the candy store. Gus died in 1978.

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