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Connecticut, U.S.A. | | Date: Oct. 1941 | | Notes: "Windsor Locks (vicinity), Connecticut. An Italian farmer and part owner of a harvest market." Digital ID: 8C25879r. | Contributed by: Courtesy of The Library of Congress
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Southington, Connecticut, U.S.A. | | Date: May 1942 | | Notes: "Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it." Digital ID: 1a34999. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Southington, Connecticut, U.S.A. | | Date: May 1942 | | Notes: Title: "Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity, Southington, Connecticut. He saved enough money for boat passage to this country. Today, after 22 years, he is one of the world's outstanding flori-culturists, developer of the famous "Thornless Rose," an age-old dream of his craft." Photo: Fenn Jacobs. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1957 | Notes: This photo was taken in 1957 when I first arrived in Montreal, Quebec. As far as I remember very few Italians worked in the agricultural sector. You might find a few Italian vendors selling fruits and vegetables at the Jean Talon market, but not many immigrants, Italian or otherwise, chose to earn their living by farming. Most immigrants, especially those who came from the rural areas, wanted to settle in North America's large cities where the work was steady, and the pay, if not great, was at least good enough to get by.
Photo: George Nemeth. | Contributed by: George Nemeth
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1960s | Notes: In the 1950s Canadian inner cities still had lots of undeveloped areas. Italians immediately seized the open spaces and grew their own produce -- not for profit, but for fun. The photo was taken by the contributor on the balcony of her parents' first duplex. The land in the background was owned by Miron (a cement factory); nonetheless, the Italians living in the area, including the contributor's parents, used it to grow vegetables.
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