Girls pull-over letter sweater from Trinidad High School. Belonged to Angela Ann Cesario's mother Maria Carmela Vallone Cesario who wore this sweater when she played Basketball at Trinidad High School. Long sleeve, wide cuffs. "V" neck with chenille emblem just under the V. Wide band at bottom. Patch on right sleeve. Manufacturer's label inside back of neck. See MSS.2595 Angela Ann Cesario files and the book Italy in Colorado for more on Angela Ann Cesario and the Cesario Family and Vallone Family.
From the book Italy in Colorado:
Albert “Al” Frank and Maria Carmela “Mary” (Vallone) Cesario
The son of Joseph and Tomasina Cesario, Al Cesario was born in Trinidad in 1910. In 1933, he married Mary Vallone, the daughter of Francesco and Angela (Marretta) Vallone. After working as a butcher for his brother-in-law, Charlie Gagliardi, proprietor of the G and D Grocery in Trinidad, and as a Jewel Tea salesman in La Junta, Al Cesario entered the baking trade with his brother, Bill Cesario, and his brother-in-law, Joe Vallone. After moving to New Jersey to study the profession, he returned to Trinidad and found work as a baker in Kendall’s Bakery.
In 1939, Al and Mary Cesario and their daughter Angela Ann moved to Walsenburg, Colorado where they purchased the Jolly Boy Bakery from Al’s brother Bill. They operated it until 1942, when they moved back to Trinidad to run the Cesario’s Bakery with Bill. During World War II, the mines surrounding Trinidad increased production and the bakery prospered. Soon their bakery became well known in Trinidad and across Colorado.
In 1945, after Bill moved with his family to California, Al continued operating the business. Soon Mary started helping in the bakery, decorating cakes, and in time she became a master cake decorator. The bakery continued to grow and Al’s brother-in-law, Joe Vallone, joined as a partner. In 1955, Al Cesario and his family moved to California, leaving Joe Vallone to operate the bakery. In the late 1950s, the Cesario Bakery closed as a result of the coal mines closing in the Trinidad area.
After the death of Al in 1969, Mary left the bakery business and began a new career as a tri-lingual (English, Italian and Spanish) business office administrator with a hospital in California. She retired in 1979 and lived with her daughter Angela Ann in California and Colorado Springs until her death in 2003.