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Home of Paul Revere, Boston, circa 1900

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900

Location Note

Geo: / Mass. / Boston / Paul Revere House; original in Album 17

GUSN

GUSN-196784

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Description

A group of children stand outside the Paul Revere House, then housing several businesses before its renovation in 1907-1908. The signage in the background illustrates the shift of Boston's North End as Southern Italian immigrants increasingly made it their new home in the early twentieth century. It is possible to read signs for the Banca Italia, F.A. Goduti & Co. a cigar company, and an international shipping post. Some children, often referred to as scungnizzi in dialect of the era, are seen making Neapolitan hand gestures.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic houses
landmark buildings
houses
dwellings
silversmiths
statesmen
commercial buildings
children (people by age group)
merchants
retailers
shopkeepers
business (commercial function)
businesspeople
immigrants
Italian
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photograph albums

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001646
AccessID 3589
Other identifier HNEDID-001646

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black and white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6010.002

Date Notes

(Copyright) 1900

Places

North End (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 (Photographer)
Detroit Photographic Co. (Copyright holder)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photograph albums

Other People

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

Subjects

Architectural photography
North Square (Boston, Mass.)
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)
Italian American families
United States--Emigration and immigration--History
Italy--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
Italian Sign Language

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo: / Mass. / Boston / Paul Revere House; original in Album 17

Language Note

Italian signage

Related Items

Album 17

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