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At the conclusion of the procession, dignitaries stand in front of the Montescaglioso Club, on Lewis Street; the tall man to the right is Congressman Herbert Klein, and the man to his right is Paterson mayor William Pascrell.
Italian Americans. Ethnographic Photographs from Library of Congress.
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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn.

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid warden at sector headquarters on Waverly Place

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three women walking in the procession.

Three women walking in the procession.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

John Megna - Italian - 16 yrs. 75 Mt. Hope Ave. Iron Worker - Sweeper. Carving class at King Philip Settlement.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

John Megna - Italian - 16 yrs. 75 Mt. Hope Ave. Iron Worker - Sweeper....

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Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gaspar Favozza, son of an Italian-American fisherman

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gaspar Favozza, son of an Italian-American ...

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New York, New York. Italian-American policeman chatting with customers in a grocery store on Mulberry Street

New York, New York. Italian-American policeman chatting with customers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Marianna Costa standing on a stool between her parents.

Little Marianna Costa standing on a stool between her parents.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of black-and-white photos in the collection of Marianna Costa, a retired official in Paterson's dyers union local who lives in Haledon, NJ.

Two men standing on float with statue of San Rocco.

Two men standing on float with statue of San Rocco.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

John Granata, proprietor of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st Avenue; sign for his business is visible on wall behind him.
Statue of San Rocco is carried up the steps of the church; a Massachusetts will be held inside.

Statue of San Rocco is carried up the steps of the church; a Massachus...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Italian-American cabinet maker - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Italian-American cabinet maker - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The procession begins and men carrying U.S. and Italian flags and Montescaglioso banner walk at the front, down Lewis Street.

The procession begins and men carrying U.S. and Italian flags and Mont...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alters clothing for herself, family members and friends.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994. Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured... More

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman wiping the grease off her hands with paper before eating her lunch which she brought from home in the shop of the New York Car Wheel Company where she is a combination hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) and grinder

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman wiping the grease off her ha...

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New York, New York. An Italian-American cop chatting with a group of Italian-Americans in Washington Square Park

New York, New York. An Italian-American cop chatting with a group of I...

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New York, New York. Mrs. Rose Carrendeno, Italian-American mother of six. Three sons are in the armed forces

New York, New York. Mrs. Rose Carrendeno, Italian-American mother of s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Altar boy with cross and men with banners at the head of the procession; men in front of the St. Anthony's Catholic Men's Club (at Summer & 20th Avenue) watch procession.

Altar boy with cross and men with banners at the head of the processio...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Agli Americani d'origine straniera [...] Comprate dei Liberty Bonds

Agli Americani d'origine straniera [...] Comprate dei Liberty Bonds

Poster in Italian, encouraging immigrants to buy Liberty Bonds. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Portrait of Marianna Costa when she was a candidate for the New Jersey state assembly, 1949.

Portrait of Marianna Costa when she was a candidate for the New Jersey...

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of black-and-white photos in the collection of Marianna Costa, a retired official in Paterson's dyers union local who lives in Haledon, NJ.

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

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Two women stand under sign at entrance of the Montescaglioso Club.

Two women stand under sign at entrance of the Montescaglioso Club.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

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New York, New York. Brooklyn band of Italian-Americans, after playing at Mott Street flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army, retiring to a neighborhood bar out of the rain

New York, New York. Brooklyn band of Italian-Americans, after playing ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American customers in a grocery store on Mulberry Street. This woman said she wished her son in Trinidad could see the picture of her

New York, New York. Italian-American customers in a grocery store on M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

New York, New York. Italian-American fruit stand at First Avenue and Tenth Street

New York, New York. Italian-American fruit stand at First Avenue and T...

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New York, N.Y. - Exterior of Italian watchmaker's shop

New York, N.Y. - Exterior of Italian watchmaker's shop

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Italians in U.S.; Geogr.; Stores; Clocks.

Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr. Genesee St. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Name: Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid warden at sector headquarters on Waverly Place

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Verona, New Jersey. Italian-American woman, with two sons in the Army, at the Annin Flag Company trimming threads from a finished flag for the government

Verona, New Jersey. Italian-American woman, with two sons in the Army,...

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New York, New York. Linotypers in the Cocce press on Barrow Street. All workers are Italian-Americans. They print the weekly newspaper La Parola, among others. The make-up desk is in the background

New York, New York. Linotypers in the Cocce press on Barrow Street. Al...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to mass media, press, newspaper, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alters garments for herself, family members and friends.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Float with statue of San Rocco flanked by Knights of Columbus.

Float with statue of San Rocco flanked by Knights of Columbus.

Public domain photograph of parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

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The Italian boys in New York - tortures of the training room / A. Gault.

The Italian boys in New York - tortures of the training room / A. Gaul...

Prints shows an Italian boy being whipped by his boss in a small room full of children playing music. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 17, no. 872 (1883 September 13 ), p. 801.

Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity, Southington, Connecticut. He saved enough money for boat passage to this country. Today, after 22 years, he is one of the world's outstanding flori-culturists, developer of the famous "Thornless Rose," an age-old dream of his craft

Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Man holding plate containing donations he has collected along the route of the procession.

Man holding plate containing donations he has collected along the rout...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Statue of San Rocco is carried up the steps of the church; a Massachusetts will be held inside.

Statue of San Rocco is carried up the steps of the church; a Massachus...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Le tragedie del lavoro - Public domain portrait drawing

Le tragedie del lavoro - Public domain portrait drawing

Front page of newspaper, Il progresso Italo-Americano, with story about the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. Includes list of Italian American victims, a drawing of a victim and photograph of police.

New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army

New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag rais...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. Cards are drying out after a drink has been spilled on them

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Members of the Montescaglioso Club on float with statue of San Rocco.
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St., Providence, R.I. Nov 26, 1912. Property owned by wealthy family.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Italian-Americans of Mott Street raising a flag in honor of neighborhood boys in the United States Army

New York, New York. Italian-Americans of Mott Street raising a flag in...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Residents of New York's "Little Italy" in front of 76 Mulberry St., greet the news of the Jap[anese] acceptance of Allied surrender terms with waving flags and a rain of paper

Residents of New York's "Little Italy" in front of 76 Mulberry St., gr...

Title taken from news agency caption on item. Associated Press photograph. No. 23124C. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Fieldworker Tom Carroll interviewing a participant in the saint's day festival.

Fieldworker Tom Carroll interviewing a participant in the saint's day ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting an Italian saint's day festival.

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

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Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alters clothing for herself, family members and friends.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994. Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured... More

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st Avenue; company sign is on wall behind him.

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st A...

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

The Arnao family of berry pickers in the fields of Truitt's farm. This is an Italian family coming from Phildelphia and now ready to go to Carmel, N.J. to continue picking. The family consists of: 1 child 3 years of age, 1 child 6 years of age, 2 children 7 years of age, 1 child 9 years of age, 1 child 10 years of age, 1 child 11 years of age. All of whom pick.  Location: Cannon, Delaware.

The Arnao family of berry pickers in the fields of Truitt's farm. This...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distan...

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Group of Italian Newsies on South Ave., selling in saloons, and stores. Had just come out of saloon in front of which they are standing. Behind them two typical saloon-patrons who insisted on being in the picture. 10 P.M. Cold. Snowing. Left to right: Joseph Inquagguito, 15 years, 3 Vetter St. Frank Manuel, 10 years old, 21 Fillander St. Tony Nessera, 12 years, 85 Waite St. Tony Compesse, 9 years old, 18 Vetter St. Sam Compesse, 12 years old, 18 Vetter St.  Location: Syracuse, New York (State)

Group of Italian Newsies on South Ave., selling in saloons, and stores...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St., New York

Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St., New York

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"Fire- Fire - I Want to Make the Fire." An Italian Boy on Salem Street Saturday Morning, offering to make fires for Jewish People.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

"Fire- Fire - I Want to Make the Fire." An Italian Boy on Salem Street...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker who is an air raid warden

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker who is an air raid ward...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rocco frying fish. - A frying pan filled with food on top of a stove

Rocco frying fish. - A frying pan filled with food on top of a stove

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Statue of San Rocco is carried down the steps of St. Anthony's Church (138 Beech Street) and placed back on its float.

Statue of San Rocco is carried down the steps of St. Anthony's Church ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Procession moves east on 21st Avenue; sign for Elsa's Fashions in the foreground; fieldworkers Robert McCarl (short-sleeved shirt) and Tom Carroll (green hat) are to the right of the sign.

Procession moves east on 21st Avenue; sign for Elsa's Fashions in the ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Italian garbage women on Mulberry Street

Italian garbage women on Mulberry Street

Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, with personal experiences among the poor in regions of poverty and vic... More

[Italian market, Mulberry Street, New York]

[Italian market, Mulberry Street, New York]

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An organ grinder in the Italian quarter

An organ grinder in the Italian quarter

Postcard shows people gathered around an organ grinder playing a street organ, probably in New York City. 7257 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 5691. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c16

New York, New York students crossing the street after leaving public school eight in an Italian-American section

New York, New York students crossing the street after leaving public s...

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Josephine Martellaro of Pueblo, Colorado, with the Saint Joseph's Day table she created at her home in 1990

Josephine Martellaro of Pueblo, Colorado, with the Saint Joseph's Day ...

The creation of a Saint Joseph's table, a tradition maintained by women in the Italian American community of Pueblo, Colorado, is one that derives from a centuries-old tradition on the family-plagued island of ... More

A rabbit vendor hangs rabbits on a hook  as the store owner's son looks on.
Three boys holding hands. Paterson New Jersey

Three boys holding hands. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Indianapolis Fruit Venders, Italian Boys, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper.  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indianapolis Fruit Venders, Italian Boys, Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clop...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del....

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr. GeneSt. Many of these children spend their summer vacations in the canning and fruit picking settlements where their parents go to work during the season. Feb. 8, 1910, Buffalo, N.Y.]  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

[Children from school No. 2 in the Italian district Terrace[?] nr. Gen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag raising ceremony in honor of the feast of San Rocco at right

New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag rais...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing plant reads to his Italian-American wife at home. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing plant reads to his ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's church in an Italian-American neighborhood

New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's...

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New York, New York. Air raid wardens having a meeting at sector headquarters on Waverly Place. The two men in the center on the couch are Italian-American

New York, New York. Air raid wardens having a meeting at sector headqu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Rose Carrendeno, Italian-Americans who have three sons in the armed forces

New York, New York. Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Rose Carrendeno, Italian-Ameri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman rolling wheels ready to be ground. She is a grinder and hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman rolling wheels ready to be g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American child at First Avenue and Tenth Street

New York, New York. Italian-American child at First Avenue and Tenth S...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady of Pompeii at Bleeker and Carmine Streets, on New Year's Day

New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady o...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York finale in a play on America at war, given by students of public school eight in an Italian-American district. Left to right: Uncle Sam, soldier, sailor, Chinese soldier, farmer, housewife

New York, New York finale in a play on America at war, given by studen...

Public domain photograph related to World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession turns east onto 21st Avenue, on its way to St. Anthony's Church as Paterson mayor William Pascrell (left, wearing sash) shakes hands with a spectator.

Procession turns east onto 21st Avenue, on its way to St. Anthony's Ch...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

At the conclusion of the procession, dignitaries stand in front of the Montescaglioso Club, on Lewis Street; the tall man to the right is Congressman Herbert Klein, and the man to his right is Paterson mayor William Pascrell.

At the conclusion of the procession, dignitaries stand in front of the...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young altar boy carries a large cross in the street.

Young altar boy carries a large cross in the street.

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The procession turns the corner at 21st Avenue.

The procession turns the corner at 21st Avenue.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Retired garment worker Florence DiStefano (wearing a jacket she made) outside her house in Paterson, NJ.

Retired garment worker Florence DiStefano (wearing a jacket she made) ...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alters clothing for herself, family members and friends.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession passes by a mill building; American, Italian and Montescaglioso Club flags are being carried.

Procession passes by a mill building; American, Italian and Montescagl...

Forms part of a group of images depicting the annual procession of San Rocco ("Comitato Festa Patronale San Rocco") through Paterson's 21st Avenue neighborhood on August 14, 1994.

Float carrying statue of San Rocco turns onto Beech Street.

Float carrying statue of San Rocco turns onto Beech Street.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Retired garment worker Florence DiStefano (wearing a jacket she made) outside her house in Paterson, NJ.

Retired garment worker Florence DiStefano (wearing a jacket she made) ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the September 12, 1994, interview with Florence DiStefano at her home in Paterson, NJ.

Man collects donations from people along the route of the procession.
Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Paterson Museum, 2 Market Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Priest and band members stand in street waiting for procession to resume.

Priest and band members stand in street waiting for procession to resu...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Project fieldworkers; left to right:  David Taylor, Robert McCarl, Tom Carroll, Susan Levitas; Italian flag, float, and front of St. Anthony's church are behind them.

Project fieldworkers; left to right: David Taylor, Robert McCarl, Tom...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Man collects donations from people along the route of the procession.

Man collects donations from people along the route of the procession.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Flag bearers at the head of the procession; they are carrying U.S. and Italian flags, and Montescaglioso banner.

Flag bearers at the head of the procession; they are carrying U.S. and...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Paterson Museum, 2 Market Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Several people watch procession from the front steps of house at 185 Beech Street, across the street from St. Anthony's Church.

Several people watch procession from the front steps of house at 185 B...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Sam Balister pulls warp ends through the reed of an entering frame.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Paterson Museum, 2 Market Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

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