Physical description: 1936, San Benigno Canavese, Italy. Left to right: Anna Bianco Scalva and her husband Giuseppe "Joe" Scalva, Teresa Bianco Lora Bertorello, Maria and husband Giovanni Bianco. On back: “Aunt Theresa Bertorelli, Aunt Anna, Uncle Joe, Dad, Mom Taken 1936. Dad-Mamma with dad's two sisters and brother-in-law”. Note below photo says "Aunt Teresa married Battista Lora. He died in an accident at an early age. They had one child Lora Comba. Aunt Teresa remarried. Her husband was Antonio Bertorello. They had one son, Antono Jr."
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.
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See MSS.02595 George and Marguerite DeSoto Mansuetti files for additional information and images.
San Benigno Canavese is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin, whose territory is bordered by the Malone and Orco rivers.