Physical description: Three boys and a girl standing on grass in front of brick home of Joseph "Joe" Tancredo and Antonia Lena "Lena" Bilancia Tancredo at 4630 Zuni Street in Denver's Little Italy. Joe and Lena Tancredo were the parents of Gerald Tancredo Sr. (the father of the Ralph and Gerald Tancredo in the photo) From left to right: Ralph Tancredo (born 1935), unidentified boy, Carole Lotito (daughter of Jim and Lee Lotito) and Gerald Tancredo Jr. (born 1933) at right. See also PCCLI1664 and 1665 Note: Ralph and Gerald Jr. were the brothers of Tom Tancredo (see attached).
This photograph is a digital scan of an original photograph lent for copying during the Italians of Colorado project. The original photograph is not owned by History Colorado. The digital scan was donated with permissions (see permissions in Registrar's file) and accessioned into the History Colorado collection.
Project description:
In 2002, the Colorado Historical Society (now known as History Colorado) founded the Colorado Italian American Preservation Association (CIAPA). A volunteer organization, CIAPA’s mission is to work collaboratively with the Society and other organizations to develop, support and coordinate projects that preserve, promote and celebrate Italian American culture and heritage. Since 2002, CIAPA has carried out its mission by meeting with people from the Colorado Italian American community, recording their stories and creating an archive of research materials that includes oral histories, photographs, moving images, sound recordings and artifacts. To date, CIAPA has helped the Society acquire over 200 oral histories, 600 artifacts and nearly 6,000 photographs. Since 2002, CIAPA has developed over 4,000 research files, all of which document the history, culture and traditions of Italian American families in Colorado.
Notes:
See MSS.02595 Larry Lotito and Lucille Lotito Pesce files for additional information and images.