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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: Jan. 1943
Notes: "New York, New York students pledging allegiance to the flag in public school eight in an Italian-American section." Digital ID:
Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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New York City
Date: Jan. 1943
Notes: "New York students pledging allegiance to the flag in public school eight in an Italian-American section." Digital ID: 8d25793.
Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress

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Italian immigrants
Schenechtady, New York, U.S.A.
Date: June 1943
Notes: "Schenectady, New York. the Oneida School, named after an Indian tribe. There are 800 students, mostly of Italian, but a few of Polish parentage." Digital ID: 8d39455r.
Contributed by: Courtesy of The Library of Congress

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date: April 1960
Notes: The picture was taken at my graduation from the St. Luke High School. Mother Alexandre, a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame, hands me the diploma.
Contributed by: Gemma Forliano

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date: 1959
Notes: This Canadian school picture was sent to the contributor's grandfather who was then living in Italy. At the back of it the contributor wrote: "Buona Pasqua. Il mio pensiere vola a voi col mio scritto e con la mia fota." Strangely enough, or not so strangely, over 40 years later, the contributor is still using words and pictures to communicate her love to her kin.
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date: mid 1960s
Notes: In the 1960s high schools offered a "commercial" program; those who finished the program and graduated from high school could then immediately enter the workforce as secretaries. Many young women succeeded to get very good jobs after completing their studies.
Contributed by: Sue Alfieri

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date: 1968
Notes: In 1968 the contributor's high school graduation from St. Pius X High was seen as a stepping stone to a good job. At the time few Italian Montrealers headed for college, unless, of course, they were going there to get a teaching diploma. Nowadays most second and third generation Italian Canadians enter university. A recent census found that twelve per cent of Montreal's population has attended university, while 26 per cent of Montreal's ethnic population has a university degree.
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Date: 1957
Notes: In the 1950s there were very few Montrealers of Italian origin studying at McGill University. At that time McGill University was primarily attended by English-speaking Canadians of British descent. Sir George Williams University (in 1974 Loyola College and Sir George Williams University joined and became "Concordia University), was more open to "ethnics." In the early 1970s McGill University also began to open its doors to students from various ethnic backgrounds.
      Photo: George Nemeth.
Contributed by: George Nemeth

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