Figure 1.--The photo of these unidentifiued children was taken during 1950s. These children lived in a farm in northern Italy, about 100 km east of Milan. This photograph could have been taken decades earlier. Major ecomomic changes were under way in Italy during the 1950s with the post-World War II ecomomic boom and the creation of the Common Markket which led to the European Union. Italy was still very rural in the 1950s, but indusry and economic development was proceeding at the fastest pace in Italian history. Many Italian children still went barefoot in the 1950s, but by the 1960s thiswas much less common.

The photo of these unidentifiued children was taken during 1950s. These children lived in a farm in northern Italy, about 100 km east of Milan. This photograph could have been taken decades earlier. Major ecomomic changes were under way in Italy during the 1950s with the post-World War II ecomomic boom and the creation of the Common Markket which led to the European Union. Italy was still very rural in the 1950s, but indusry and economic development was proceeding at the fastest pace in Italian history. Many Italian children still went barefoot in the 1950s, but by the 1960s this was much less common.

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