Center for Migration Studies Italian American Photograph Project (CMS 103)
September 6, 2016
CMS 103 consists of a set of photoprints gathered in the early 1980s. The photographs range in date from the late nineteenth century to the mid 1980s. The sources include the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, state and local historical collections, reproductions from publications and collections in private hands that were investigated and copied by T. (Trentino) J. Marino, a professional photographer who served as a consultant for the project. Taken together, the images are a visual narrative of Italian American history from the mass migration of the 1880s to the rise of Italian Americans into positions of prominence in various walks of American life.