Physical description: Cartoon from Denver Post. Fiore Smaldone. On back of shirt “ELYRIA GUN CLUB” . on side of figure “Fat” Smaldone in Action. By Brad Townsend, 1931, Denver Post. According to Luigi “He won many contests, trophies and turkeys with his shooting. He believes the club practiced at an area on the way to the Riverside Cemetery. It was near the Cudahy building on old Brighton Blvd. Road. On Sundays, they would meet at Sloan’s Lake. This club had contests with other organizations throughout the state. The contestants used bird shot. “Fat Smaldone had a 20-gauge shotgun that he used in the contests.
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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