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Italian boys clothes family families unidentified Calabria family
Italian Families: Unidentified Calabria Family (1930s)
Figure 1.--This portrait was taken in the Calabria regiomn during the 1930s. Calabria was the region of southern Italy, south of Naples comprising the "toe" of the Italian boot-line peninsula. This was a relatively poor partr of Italy. The portrait shows a mother with her seven children. We are not sure where father is. The children looks to be about 1-12 years of age. They are a good example iof a typical large Italian family at the time. The boys wear short pants with a variety of tops. Nobe of the children wear hosiery, probanly the result of both climare and sociasl class factors. The clothing worn by the boy in the front left looks to be a romper sailor suit.
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This portrait was taken in the Calabria regiomn during the 1930s. Calabria was the region of southern Italy, south of Naples comprising the "toe" of the Italian boot-line peninsula. This was a relatively poor partr of Italy. The portrait shows a mother with her seven children. We are not sure where father is. The children looks to be about 1-12 years of age. They are a good example iof a typical large Italian family at the time. The boys wear short pants with a variety of tops. Nobe of the children wear hosiery, probanly the result of both climare and sociasl class factors. The clothing worn by the boy in the front left looks to be a romper sailor suit.
