Italian First Communion: Genoa (1934)
Figure 1.---This Genoa brother and sister are having the First Communion in 1934. The names look like Amalia and Luisitto Cella. It is a studip portait the children are sending to their aunt Giulia. Luisitto wears a very smart light-colored double breated short pants suit with a small Communion bow. The shorts have cuffs which were not very common. Notice the white gloves. White socks and black shoes complee the outfit. His sister wears an elaborate long white junior wedding dress. The studio is Foto Artle Modern Augusto Fermi , Genoa.
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This Genoa brother and sister are having the First Communion in 1934. The names look like Amalia and Luisitto Cella (figure 1). It is a studio portait the children are sending to their aunt Giulia.
The nessage on the back reads, "jia Giulia e tante baci Amalia e Luiscitto Cella,Genova 15 maggio 1934,"
Luisitto wears a very smart light-colored double breated short pants suit with a small Communion bow. The shorts have cuffs which were not very common. Notice the white gloves. White socks and black shoes complee the outfit. His sister wears an elaborate long white junior wedding dress. They look older than the 7-year olds that generally did first Communion in America. This portrait comes from Argentina. Thus it is an example of Italian families sending photographs to family members who emigrated to Argentina. As in America, manu Italians emograted in the late-19th and early-20th century.
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Created: 6:33 PM 10/26/2006
Last edited: 1:27 AM 10/27/2006