Physical description: Virginia DeBell (at left) and Lillian DeBell.(at right) Both girls dressed alike, white dresses, head band and veil. Hands held in prayer position with rosary twined through fingers. See also PCCLI0988. Virginia DeBell was both in 1930 and died in 2017. In 1951 she married Jack R. Pattison. Lillian G. DeBell was born in 1931 and died in 1972. Virginia and Lillian were the daughters of John DeBell and Mary DeLuzio DeBell.
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 Ralph Mancinelli and DeBell family files for additional information and images.