Mazzafera Family Photographs
PhotographerPhotographed by
Di Gangi Studio
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper or postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 3in. (11.4 x 7.6cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 3 1/2in. (12.7 x 8.9cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 3 1/2in. (12.7 x 8.9cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Gennaro J. Capobianco
DescriptionFormal and informal portraits of men, women, and children, including infants. In some photographs boys appear to dressed as altar boys in robes. In one photograph a girl wears a long white dress, apparently for her first Communion. In some men are holding cigars. Some men wear what appear to be uniforms. In one photograph, two young girls hold what appear to be Easter baskets.
Object number2005.180.21.1-.66
NotesGeography Note: Some photographs were taken in Italy.
Subject Note: Subjects include Ada Mazzafera, Entoni Mazzafera, Giungno Mazzafera, Giuseppe Mazzafera, Gloria Mazzafera, Ida Mazzafera, Maddalena Mazzafera, Norma Maria Mazzafera, and Yolante Mazzafera.
The Gennaro J. Capobianco Collection consists of material relating to the history of Italian-Americans in the Hartford area, and includes: documents and manuscript items; pamphlets, bound books, and other printed materials; photograph album, unmounted photographs and postcards; posters; cassette recordings; medical equipment; plaques, statue, furniture, hat; newspaper clipping and genealogical materials.
On View
Not on viewElijah Chapman Kellogg
1853