Iceman in New York. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-9cc1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99) It may seem odd to be writing about ice in the middle of winter since winter was the season coal was delivered, not ice. But winter is the season that ice was cutContinueContinue reading “The Icemen of Yonkers, NY”
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Italian Banda in Yonkers, New York
In the mid-1980s, I visited my great-aunt Nettie in Yonkers, New York, where she had lived her entire life. One of my most cherished possessions is a tambourine she gave me that has the inscription “Property of Rinaldi’s Band.” My great-grandparents, Angelo Rinaldi and Maria Bonacci, immigrated to the U.S. in 1903 and 1905 respectively.ContinueContinue reading “Italian Banda in Yonkers, New York”
Family Tragedy: Giuseppe Salvagione
The only known photograph of Giuseppe, taken ca 1911 in Corato.
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