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This print, made in 1873 by Paul Frenzeny, reflects the hardships early Italian immigrants faced in New York.

A well known Italian born farmer was interviewed for the local paper about Italian laborers

This image is of a group of Italian POWs in a war camp in southern Africa. The prisoners appear to be joyful as they eat bananas.

Women workers on an assembly line in a cannery. Workers take the fruit from the line, fill cans, and then put lids on the cans, which are then sent to another room to be sealed. Notice that the women wear white caps and uniforms, resembling nursing…

This internment card was used to track Italian-American enemy aliens and ensure that they obeyed discriminatory regulations. This one depicts Italian immigrant Carmelo Ilacqua, who was a resident of Santa Clara County.

Italian-Americans behind metal wire fencing at internment camp

An Italian family enjoying Sunday night dinner in Boyle Heights, California.

During the excavation, almost completely intact skeletons of the Ohlone people were found along with the different items including beads and arrowheads that were often placed inside the cemeteries along with the bodies as these held items of…