Physical description: Photograph of Antonio Seganti, brother of Clyde Seganti and the uncle of Maryann Seganti LaConte. Antonio Seganti served in WWI in the infantry. He was also a singer in Father Bosetti’s opera and the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Choir in Denver. According to the donor (his niece Maryann LaConte) he was offered a contract with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but when he arrived in New York, he was told he was too short for stage and then offered radio. He refused, and said, “It was the Met or nothing.” He passed away in a veteran’s hospital.
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 Duke and Maryann LaConte files for additional information and images.