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New York City, U.S.A.
Date: ca. 1900
Notes: Title: "Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St., New York."
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Italian immigrants
Lower east side of Manhattan, U.S.A.
Date: 1928
Notes: The photo was taken by Percy Loomis Sperr; the image caption reads: "Occupations - Peddlers -- Food [Snails, shellfish and fish are very popular among the Italians of the lower east side of Manhattan."
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Italian immigrants
Upper 1st Avenue, Manhattan, U.S.A.
Date: 1930
Notes: The photo taken Percy Loomis Sperr's image caption reads: "Italians of upper 1st Avenue, Manhattan," alternative image caption: "Occupations - Peddlers -- Food -- Refreshment vendors - Nut roasting."
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Italian immigrants
Upper 1st Avenue, Manhattan, U.S.A.
Date: 1934
Notes: The image caption on the photo taken by Percy Looms Sperr reads" "Italians of upper 1st Avenue, Manhattan" or alternative image caption "Occupations -- Peddlers -- Food -- Refreshment vendors - Nut roasting."
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Bronx, New York
Date: 1940
Notes: "Italian pushcart market, Arthur & Crescent Avenues, Bronx." Digital ID: 03084.
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Italian immigrants
Little Italy, North End, Boston, U.S.A.
Date: circa 1930
Notes: Street vendors.
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date: 1925
Notes: The photograph entitled "A section of the Push Cart Army on a Busy Saturday in the Market District Boston" is part of the Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue Collection. Many Italian-Americans, in particular those from Genova, made their living in the 1920s as fruit and vegetable vendors.
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Italian immigrants
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date: 1903
Notes: The photograph entitled, "Fishermen Baiting Trawls at T-Wharf Boston," is part of the Boston Pictorial Archive. In the early part of the 20th century many Italians, in particular Sicilians, worked in Boston's fishing industry.
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Little Italy, Boston, U.S.A.
Date: 1909
Notes: The photo entitled, "Cleaning Crew in a North End Alleyway," is part of the Boston Pictorial Archive. At the turn of the last century Italians not only lived in the North End district (Boston's Little Italy) but the majority also worked in the area.
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Italian immigrants
New York City
Date: n.d. [1910s?]
Notes: "Street photographers, Little Italy, New York."
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