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Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. | | Date: 1928 | | Notes: "Snails, shellfish and fish are very popular among the Italians of the lower east side of Manhattan." Digital Image ID: 732409F. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. | | Date: 1933 | | Notes: "Manhattan 13th Avenue, 39th Street." Digital Image ID: 732529F. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. | | Date: 1933 | | Notes: "Manhattan 13th Avenue, 39th Street [Shop Sign: Italian American Grocery Co. ]. Digital ID: 732529F. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Independence, Louisiana, U.S.A. | | Date: April 1939 | | Notes: "Oven of Italian strawberry grower near Independence, Louisiana. The Italians in this section all have these outdoor ovens and bake all their bread in them." Digital ID: 8b21376R. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1957 | Notes: This is what downtown Montreal looked like in 1957. At the time Italians didn't live in this area, nor did they shop here, but they might have come to the area to look around and be amazed by the tall buildings and the big crowds.
Photo: George Nemeth.
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1958 | | Notes: The contributor, her sister and cousins stand in front of their first home on Chabot St. At the time the four cousins all lived together. Despite the crowded conditions everyone was relatively happy. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1950s | | Notes: This picture was taken on the balcony of my parent's apartment in Notre Dame de Grace (N.D.G.) Montreal, Quebec. In the 1950s many Italians lived in the south west area of N.D.G.; first they rented apartments, and later, in the late 1960s, they bought duplexes or triplexes. | Contributed by: Gemma Forliano
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1961 | Notes: In the 1950s most Italians who settled in Montreal lived in the area surrounding "Little Italy" but by the early 1960s many newcomers had moved out of the area, and bought their first homes (often duplexes) in new developments further north. The duplex seen in the adjoining photo is typical of the kind most Italian Montrealers invested in. A recent census found that over 64 per cent of Montrealers of Italian origin own the place they live, compared to 42 per cent of the non-ethnic population. Present in the photo are: Giuseppe Melfi, his daughter and his two nephews.
| Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: late 1950s | | Notes: Here is a picture of the Di Tullios in their vegetable garden. Most Italian Canadians in the 1950s wouldn't consider buying a home unless it had a garden attached to it. At that time most Italians planted vegetables, not flowers -- a fact not gone unnoticed by the native-born Canadians whose idea of an ideal garden consisted of grass, grass and more grass. In the 1950s having a vegetable garden was associated with lower-class immigrants who had just gotten "off the boat." Nowadays, North Americans, particularly those from the educated classes, consider it "a good thing." In fact, environmentalists are pushing urban dwellers to use their backyards (and front ones too!) to grow fruits and vegetables as this improves the air quality. | Contributed by: Madeleine
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: 1960s | Notes: The photo was taken in the open fields near the contributor's home. A new housing development can be seen in the background. Prior to World War II, Italians (at least those living in the countryside) measured the worth of a man by how much property he owned. Naturally, those who immigrated to other parts of the world, invested in real estate.
| Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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