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Italian immigrants
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date: November 1912
Notes: "Italian family crocheting bags. Father sick in bed (not contagious)." Photo: Lewis Wickes Hine/ No. 04276.
Contributed by: Courtesy of The Library of Congress / PPOC

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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: December 1911
Notes: Title: "Italian family living 428 E. 116th St. 2 floor back. They were so illiterate I couldn't get their names. have been in U.S. only one month. Mother is learning to make lace for factory near by." Photo: Lewis Wickes Hine.
Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC

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Italian immigrant worker
New York City
Date: 1930
Notes: The photo taken by L.W. Hine's photo is entitled "An Italian craftsman working in bronze."
Contributed by: Courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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crochet tablecloth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date:
Notes: This beautiful hand-made crochet tablecloth (tavaglie all'umciuetto) was done by Teresa Ferrara in Montreal with skills picked up in Italy in the late 1940s.
      Photo: Mary Melfi.
Contributed by: Teresa Ferrara

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