Figure 1.- Here we see an Italian peasant family pictured in a stereo-view card. The only explanatory information is 'peasants of Italy' written in different languages. We see the omen of a family with children. The image is not dated, but the mount style suggests the early-20th century. The image was coopyrighted in 1897. They are all wearing traditional clothing. By this time it was becoming more common for Italian peasants to wear modern styles. For economic reasons, however, they were often old and worn, depnding on the family. Click on an image for a good example. Source: Underwood.

Here we see an Italian peasant family pictured in a stereo-view card. The only explanatory information is 'peasants of Italy' written in different languages. We see the omen of a family with children. The image is not dated, but the mount style suggests the early-20th century. The image was coopyrighted in 1897. They are all wearing traditional clothing. By this time it was becoming more common for Italian peasants to wear modern styles. For economic reasons, however, they were often old and worn, depnding on the family. A good example is a Fosciandora farm family about the same time. Traditional outfits like you see here were more commonly worn for special occasions. We suspect that the individuals here dressed up to come into the town for some occassion. The location is not indicated, probably somewhere in southern Italy.

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