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Mulberry Street, New York City, U.S.A. | Date: 1900 | Notes: Prior to the 19 century few Italians left the country of their birth. In 1850 there were less than 4,000 Italians living in the U.S. However, by 1900 there were over 480,000 Italians residing in the United States, most were living in the Boston or New York City area. In the 1910s Italian immigrants generally looked for apartments in New York City where fellow countrymen resided. Often, Sicilians settled on one street, while those from Calabria settled on another. Later, in the 1950s Italians became less selective; Italian neighborhoods included people from various regions. Currently, New York City has the highest number of Italian Americans in one area. For more information visit: www.library.thinkquest.org/20619/Italian. | Contributed by: Courtesy of Widipedia (Source: Library of Congress)
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Little Italy, North End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. | Date: 1928 | Notes: The photo title is:"Keeping Cool-Headed Carrying Block Ice on Fleet Street in the North End."
.... In 1901 the Italian population in Boston was about 14,000. By 1930 the number had doubled. In the 1930s the North End district was 99 per cent Italian. | Contributed by: Courtesy of The Boston Public Library
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Kindling, New York City, Italian quarter | Date: 1910 | Notes: The photo taken by L.W. Hine's was part of a series of photographic documents of social conditions taken between 1905 and 1939 -- Unit 1, Immigration; Unit 2, Life and Labor in America with emphasis upon racial contributions. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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New York, New York, U.S.A. | Date: February 1912 | Notes: "Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y.Used for kindling." Photo: Lewis Wickes Hine. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC
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New York City, U.S.A. | Date: ca. 1900-1910 | Notes: "Italian neighborhood, Mulberry Street, New York." Digital ID: 4a27272r. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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New York City, U.S.A. | Date: ca. 1900 - 1910 | Notes: "Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York." Digital ID: 4a27271r. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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New York City, U.S.A. | Date: ca. 1900-1910 | Notes: "Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York." Digital ID: 4a27269r. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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New York City, U.S.A. | Date: ca. 1900 - 1910 | Notes: "Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York]" | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, PPOC
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New York East Side | Date: 1910 | Notes: L.W. Hine's photo is entitled "Bedroom of Italian family in a rear tenement of New York East Side...." Historians note that the living conditions for the first wave of Italians coming to America were "crowded and filthy." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Chicago, U.S.A. | Date: 1910 | Notes: The photo taken by L.W. Hine is entitled "An Italian family sits for its portrait in Chicago tenement near Hull House." For further information visit www.nypl.org. | Contributed by: Courtesty of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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