Figure 1.-- This family portrait was taken in Carini, a big village near Palermo, Sicily. It is undated, but we would guess was taken during the 1920s. We can see the father and the mother with their seven children. In the center of the photo there is the father with two children. The mother is standing in the second row. This arrangement graphically shows the father's role in the patriarchal Italian family at the time.

This family portrait was taken in Carini, a big village near Palermo, Sicily. It is undated, but we would guess was taken during the 1920s. We can see the father and the mother with their seven children. In the center of the photo there is the father with two children. He holds his hat as well. The mother is standing in the second row. This arrangement graphically shows the father's role in the patriarchal Italian family at the time. Notice the hairbow and that mother and the girls are not wrearing head scarves. One boy wears a collar buttoning suit jacket. The other boy seems to be wearing a tunic. Both boys wear knee pants and we think high-top shoes.

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