Photograph of Berta Boccini and her grandson Roger Boccini-Nincheri, Venice, 1949

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1949

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of George Nincheri and Roger Boccini-Nincheri

Photograph of Berta Boccini and her grandson Roger Boccini-Nincheri, Venice, 1949. Roger is immigrating to Montreal, QC, to rejoin his mother and brother. He will be the only passenger onboard the freighter Mount Rolland. They would not see eachother again.

The Boccinis and their youngest son emigrated to Canada in 1937, leaving Roger behind with his grandparents. In Canada, the Boccinis settled in Vancouver, where Alberto became a leading member of the local Italian-Canadian community. He was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state in 1940. Boccini contracted tuberculosis while interned at Camp Petawawa and was released as a result in March 1942. He died within two years of his diagnosis in December 1944. His wife moved to Montreal where she eventually married Gabriele Nincheri, the son of artist and former internee Guido Nincheri. She was reunited with her son Roger, when he immigrated to Canada in 1949.

Photograph of Roger Boccini-Nincheri and others, Mount Rolland, Venice, 1949

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1949

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of George Nincheri and Roger Boccini-Nincheri

Photograph of Roger Boccini-Nincheri (second from the right) onboard the freighter Mount Rolland, Venice, 1949. His grandmother Berta is standing second from the left. Roger was the only passenger onboard, as he began his journey to reunite with his mother and brother in Montreal, QC.

The Boccinis and their youngest son emigrated to Canada in 1937, leaving Roger behind with his grandparents. In Canada, the Boccinis settled in Vancouver, where Alberto became a leading member of the local Italian-Canadian community. He was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state in 1940. Boccini contracted tuberculosis while interned at Camp Petawawa and was released as a result in March 1942. He died within two years of his diagnosis in December 1944. His wife moved to Montreal where she eventually married Gabriele Nincheri, the son of artist and former internee Guido Nincheri. She was reunited with her son Roger, when he immigrated to Canada in 1949.

Boccini Family portrait, Trieste, Italy, July 1936

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
July 1936

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of George Nincheri and Roger Boccini-Nincheri

Boccini Family portrait, Trieste, Italy, July 1936.

(1) Roger Boccini is held by his father Alberto. His mother Elfie embraces him on the left. Beside Elfie is Carlo Boccini. His wife, Berta, appears at the far right of the picture.
(2) Roger Boccini is held by his grandfather Carlo and to the right of them is his grandmother Berta. His parents Alberto & Elfie Boccini appear on the left.
(3) Roger Boccini is standing on a wicker chair, supported by his father, Alberto. His mother holds a doll on what appears to be a garden fountain edge.

The Boccinis and their youngest son emigrated to Canada in 1937, leaving Roger behind with his grandparents. In Canada, the Boccinis settled in Vancouver, where Alberto became a leading member of the local Italian-Canadian community. He was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state in 1940. Boccini contracted tuberculosis while interned at Camp Petawawa and was released as a result in March 1942. He died within two years of his diagnosis in December 1944. His wife moved to Montreal where she eventually married Gabriele Nincheri, the son of artist and former internee Guido Nincheri. She was reunited with her son Roger, when he immigrated to Canada in 1949.

Photograph of kitchen staff at Camp Fredericton

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1942

CREDIT LINE
New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum

Black and white photograph showing 13 individuals dressed in white kitchen attire, all but one wearing tall chef hats, posing for the photograph. One individual is shown centered, wearing what appears to be soldier attire, suggesting perhaps he was a supervisor of this group.

The photograph is from Camp Fredericton, where in July 1942, Italian Canadians still considered a threat by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were transferred from Petawawa. This camp was the only one of its kind in eastern Canada.

Photograph of unveiling, Madonna della Difesa frescos, Montreal, QC, September 24, 1933

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 24, 1933

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of George Nincheri and Roger Boccini-Nincheri

Photograph of the unveiling of the frescos of the Madonna della Difesa Church, Montreal, QC, September 24, 1933. Guido Nincheri is standing to the left of the central figure, Monsignor Cassullo, the Apostolic delegate. Nincheri seems to have a sword hilt in his left hand. He also was decorated with the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr (Commendatore dell’Ordine di San Silvestro papa).

Guido Nincheri has been described as one of the most important religious artists in Canadian history. He certainly was prolific, producing a range of work in many mediums. His fresco featuring Benito Mussolini in the Madonna della Difesa church was likely the primary cause of his internment.

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, Kingston, ON, ca. 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Rino’s Company in / Kingston, Ontario
(Stamp, black ink): 69

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of the unveiling of the frescos of the Madonna della Difesa Church, Montreal, QC, September 24, 1933. Guido Nincheri is standing to the left of the central figure, Monsignor Cassullo, the Apostolic delegate. Nincheri seems to have a sword hilt in his left hand. He also was decorated with the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr (Commendatore dell’Ordine di San Silvestro papa).

Guido Nincheri has been described as one of the most important religious artists in Canadian history. He certainly was prolific, producing a range of work in many mediums. His fresco featuring Benito Mussolini in the Madonna della Difesa church was likely the primary cause of his internment.

Photograph of German ship Prinz Eugen, Germany, ca. 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
German / Cruiser / Prinz Eugen
(Handwritten, pencil): 5

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of German ship Prinz Eugen, Germany(?), ca. 1945. This photograph is part of the collection donated by Rino Albanese. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany

Photograph of Canadian military base, Aurich, Germany, ca. 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Rino Albane’s / Army (struckout) Naval barracks / in Germany
(Stamp, black ink): B 23

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian military base, Aurich(?), Germany, ca. 1945. Rino Albanese was stationed here. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of soldiers at soccer field, Eaton, England, February 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
February 1945

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, at soccer field at Eaton College, England, date unknown. Philip and Rino Albanese are the two young men in the centre of the group.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese with friend, Germany, ca. 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, blue ink):
L. Rino Albanese / C. Friend / R. Phil Albanese / in Germany
(Handwritten, pencil): 9

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Rino (left) and Philip (right) Albanese with friend, Germany, ca. 1945. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese, unknown location, ca. 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Rino (right) & Philip (left) Albanese, unknown location, ca. 1943. The twin brothers are shown along railroad tracks in their summer army uniform. The photograph was taken during military training in Canada.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Canadian soldiers with Dutch boy, Holland, date unknown

MAKER
Rino Albanese

DATE
Unknown

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Rino’s brother Phil (first left) / and friends
(Handwritten, pencil):
FRANK WAKEFIELD / DUTCH BOY / ? / PHIL

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers with Dutch boy, Holland, date unknown. Philip Albanese is the first soldier on the left. The photograph was taken along a Dutch canal.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, unknown location, May 1944

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
May 1944

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
May 1944 / Rino’s Uncle and / his army buddies
(Handwritten, pencil): 30

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, unknown location, May 1944. Four soldiers are pictured in uniform and with blankets and duffel bags. In the background, other soldiers are visible along with two tents. The environment seems to be a clearing in the woods.

This photograph is part of a collection donated by Rino Albanese. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, Kingston, ON, ca. 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, Kingston, ON, ca. 1943. The young men are wearing summer gear and for the most part are standing in formation.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese, Aurich, Germany, ca. 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese, in front of sign for Maple Leaf Barracks, Aurich, Germany, ca. 1945. Aurich served as the base for Canadian War Crimes Department (North West Detachment). The Royal Winnipeg Rifles provided guard detail.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of soldiers, at railway station, Kingston, ON, ca. 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
RINO & SOME OF THE / C.A.V.C. BOYS WAITING AT / KINGSTON STATION ON OUR / WAY TO CORNWALL
(Stamp, black ink): 999

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, at railway station, Kingston, ON, ca. 1943. Rino Albanese is among the young men.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, unknown date

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Boys – in quarrantine. / Rino is in the photo. / P.S. the finishing job can / be blamed on the / finishers
(Stamp, black ink): 56 (upside down)

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Canadian soldiers, in winter scene, unknown date and location.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese, Petawawa, ON, ca. 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of Rino & Philip Albanese, at military training in Petawawa, ON, ca. 1943. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, in front of C.N. railroad cars, ca.1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
US WAITING AT / THE STATION / ABOVE HI [struckout] / MOST OF THESE FELLOWS / THAT CAME WITH US ARE IN / THE INFANTRY
(Stamp, black ink): 966

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, in summer gear, in front of C.N. railroad cars, ca.1943.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of British soldiers, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, ca. 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
H.M.S COMET / LATEST DESTROYER / TYPE AT DOCK IN / WILENSHAVEN – GERMANY / PHIL & I WERE / INVITED ABOARD BY / A ROYAL NAVY OFFICER / FOR A TOUR OF / THE SHIP. / SHOWN ALSO ARE TWO / BRITISH SOLDIERS IN / WHOE BARACKS WERE / THE ONLY CANADIANS / BILLITED

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of British soldiers, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, ca. 1945. Soldiers are standing at the sentry post for the HMS Comet .

Rino and his brother Philil Albanese were invited aboard by a Royal Navy Officer. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, in front of their barracks, ca.1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, blue ink):
A few C.A.V.C. fellows / from our Ptn. taking / a drink after a hard period / of drill. I am in it too.
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Rino is second from right / standing
(Stamp, black ink): 362

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of members of an army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, in front of their barracks, ca.1943. Unclear if the location is Petawawa, where the platoon trained for a period of time, and also the location of internment for ca. 600 Italian Canadians.

Rino Albanese is standing in the back row, second from the right. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of soldiers, Maple Leaf Barracks, Aurich, Germany, September 1945

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 1945

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of soldiers, standing around bomb, positioned on top of large circular mount, Maple Leaf Barracks, Aurich, Germany, September 1945, from the collection of Rino Albanese. Aurich served as the base for Canadian War Crimes Department (North West Detachment). The Royal Winnipeg Rifles provided guard detail.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of unnamed soldier, Holland, date unknown

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, black ink):
Rino’s Canadian friend / acting like a German

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of unnamed soldier, Holland(?), date unknown, from the collection of Rino Albanese. At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Petawawa, 1943

MAKER
Philip Albanese

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Rino Albanese

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Petawawa, 1943. Rino Albanese is seated furthest to the left, front row. Rino’s identical twin brother Philip, who served in the same platoon, is the photographer.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed. At the same time, the twin’s father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.

Scrapbook page with Galardo family photographs, Sudbury, ON, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1925

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the Family of Galardo and Miron

Scrapbook page with five portraits pertaining to the Galardo family, Sudbury, ON, 1920s(?).

Emilio Galardo, was an accomplished, talented photographer and owner of Galardo Studio. The married father with three children was 62 years old and a citizen (a naturalized British subject) at the time of his arrest and internment.

To support the family, Galardo’s son Pasquale worked at the photography studio. His wife rented out rooms in their home.

Galardo was profoundly affected by his internment. He wrote the following poem (see related document):

In un campo d’internamento
Vidi ricchi e poveri, mesti in boglia novella
Tutti pensosi che facevanno ammenda
Vidi gente d’ogni sorta, di differende favella
Li conobbi e tutti buona gente
Increduli della triste sorta
La domenica gennflessi ascoltani la divina parola di padre Maltempi
Colla sperranza in cor veder lor famiglia e consorte
Un piccolo gruppo de miei amici – d’altro sentire
L’uno a l’altro conforto lenire
Tutti maestri ed io professore
Vollero che in chiamassimo per onore.
Tristi ricordi de Petawawa
E.G. 1940

Translation: In a concentration camp, I saw rich and poor thrown together in a pit of hell. All worried and sad that they had to make amends. I saw people of all sorts – of different languages. I knew them, all good people, disbelieving their sad lot in life. On Sunday, kneeling, we listened to the divine word of Father Maltempi, with the hope in our hearts to see family and spouses once again. A small group of friends, learned, comforted each other. All teachers and I, a professor, wanted to be called for our honour. Sad memories of Petawawa. E.G. 1940

Postcard of Emilio Galardo, 1940s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the Family of Galardo and Miron

Scrapbook page with five portraits pertaining to the Galardo family, Sudbury, ON, 1920s(?).

Postcard of Emilio Galardo, leaning against an automobile, which is partially visible. Based on his physical appearance, it would appear the picture was taken some time in the 1940s, before his death in 1945.

Emilio Galardo, was an accomplished, talented photographer and owner of Galardo Studio in Sudbury, ON. The married father with three children was 62 years old and a citizen (a naturalized British subject) at the time of his arrest and internment.

To support the family, Galardo’s son Pasquale worked at the photography studio. His wife rented out rooms in their home.

Galardo was profoundly affected by his internment. He wrote the following poem (see related document):

In un campo d’internamento
Vidi ricchi e poveri, mesti in boglia novella
Tutti pensosi che facevanno ammenda
Vidi gente d’ogni sorta, di differende favella
Li conobbi e tutti buona gente
Increduli della triste sorta
La domenica gennflessi ascoltani la divina parola di padre Maltempi
Colla sperranza in cor veder lor famiglia e consorte
Un piccolo gruppo de miei amici – d’altro sentire
L’uno a l’altro conforto lenire
Tutti maestri ed io professore
Vollero che in chiamassimo per onore.
Tristi ricordi de Petawawa
E.G. 1940

Translation: In a concentration camp, I saw rich and poor thrown together in a pit of hell. All worried and sad that they had to make amends. I saw people of all sorts – of different languages. I knew them, all good people, disbelieving their sad lot in life. On Sunday, kneeling, we listened to the divine word of Father Maltempi, with the hope in our hearts to see family and spouses once again. A small group of friends, learned, comforted each other. All teachers and I, a professor, wanted to be called for our honour. Sad memories of Petawawa. E.G. 1940

Portrait of Galardo Family, Sudbury, ON, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1925

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the Family of Galardo and Miron

Portrait of Galardo Family. Although date is not known, based on the ages of the children and the clothing, the portrait was likely taken in the 1920s. The little girl seated in the centre is Beatrice (Galardo) Ladyk. Her brother Pasquale is the eldest seated at the left. Her father Emilio Galardo is wearing a newsboy cap in the back row.

Emilio Galardo, was an accomplished, talented photographer and owner of Galardo Studio. The married father with three children was 62 years old and a citizen (a naturalized British subject) at the time of his arrest and internment.

To support the family, Galardo’s son Pasquale worked at the photography studio. His wife rented out rooms in their home.

Galardo was profoundly affected by his internment. He wrote the following poem (see related document):

In un campo d’internamento
Vidi ricchi e poveri, mesti in boglia novella
Tutti pensosi che facevanno ammenda
Vidi gente d’ogni sorta, di differende favella
Li conobbi e tutti buona gente
Increduli della triste sorta
La domenica gennflessi ascoltani la divina parola di padre Maltempi
Colla sperranza in cor veder lor famiglia e consorte
Un piccolo gruppo de miei amici – d’altro sentire
L’uno a l’altro conforto lenire
Tutti maestri ed io professore
Vollero che in chiamassimo per onore.
Tristi ricordi de Petawawa
E.G. 1940

Translation: In a concentration camp, I saw rich and poor thrown together in a pit of hell. All worried and sad that they had to make amends. I saw people of all sorts – of different languages. I knew them, all good people, disbelieving their sad lot in life. On Sunday, kneeling, we listened to the divine word of Father Maltempi, with the hope in our hearts to see family and spouses once again. A small group of friends, learned, comforted each other. All teachers and I, a professor, wanted to be called for our honour. Sad memories of Petawawa. E.G. 1940

Galardo Family home, Sudbury, ON, 1930

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1930

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the Family of Galardo and Miron

Photograph of Galardo Family home, a bungalow with single dormer, and porch, in Sudbury, ON, 1930. The individual standing on the porch steps is Pasquale Galardo.

Pasquale’s father, Emilio Galardo, was an accomplished, talented photographer and owner of Galardo Studio. The married father with three children was 62 years old and a citizen (a naturalized British subject) at the time of his arrest and internment.

To support the family, Pasquale worked at the photography studio, and his wife rented out rooms in their home.

Galardo was profoundly affected by his internment. He wrote the following poem (see related document):

In un campo d’internamento
Vidi ricchi e poveri, mesti in boglia novella
Tutti pensosi che facevanno ammenda
Vidi gente d’ogni sorta, di differende favella
Li conobbi e tutti buona gente
Increduli della triste sorta
La domenica gennflessi ascoltani la divina parola di padre Maltempi
Colla sperranza in cor veder lor famiglia e consorte
Un piccolo gruppo de miei amici – d’altro sentire
L’uno a l’altro conforto lenire
Tutti maestri ed io professore
Vollero che in chiamassimo per onore.
Tristi ricordi de Petawawa
E.G. 1940

Translation: In a concentration camp, I saw rich and poor thrown together in a pit of hell. All worried and sad that they had to make amends. I saw people of all sorts – of different languages. I knew them, all good people, disbelieving their sad lot in life. On Sunday, kneeling, we listened to the divine word of Father Maltempi, with the hope in our hearts to see family and spouses once again. A small group of friends, learned, comforted each other. All teachers and I, a professor, wanted to be called for our honour. Sad memories of Petawawa. E.G. 1940

Galardo Family home, Sudbury, ON, date unknown

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the Family of Galardo and Miron

Emilio Galardo was an accomplished, talented photographer and owner of Galardo Studio. The married father with three children was 62 years old and a citizen (a naturalized British subject) at the time of his arrest and internment.

To support the family, Galardo’s son Pasquale worked at the photography studio, and his wife rented out rooms in their home.

Galardo was profoundly affected by his internment. He wrote the following poem (see related document):

In un campo d’internamento
Vidi ricchi e poveri, mesti in boglia novella
Tutti pensosi che facevanno ammenda
Vidi gente d’ogni sorta, di differende favella
Li conobbi e tutti buona gente
Increduli della triste sorta
La domenica gennflessi ascoltani la divina parola di padre Maltempi
Colla sperranza in cor veder lor famiglia e consorte
Un piccolo gruppo de miei amici – d’altro sentire
L’uno a l’altro conforto lenire
Tutti maestri ed io professore
Vollero che in chiamassimo per onore.
Tristi ricordi de Petawawa
E.G. 1940

Translation: In a concentration camp, I saw rich and poor thrown together in a pit of hell. All worried and sad that they had to make amends. I saw people of all sorts – of different languages. I knew them, all good people, disbelieving their sad lot in life. On Sunday, kneeling, we listened to the divine word of Father Maltempi, with the hope in our hearts to see family and spouses once again. A small group of friends, learned, comforted each other. All teachers and I, a professor, wanted to be called for our honour. Sad memories of Petawawa. E.G. 1940

Photograph of Florentine Lighting Company, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
MHSO Archives Collection

Black and white photograph of Florentine Lighting Company. The Toronto-based business established in 1909 was co-owned by internee Massimo Iacopo Magi.

According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) file, Maxime Jacopo Magi was arrested because of his affiliation with the Fascio Principe Umberto, where he was the Secretary, and for overseeing the Toronto dopolavoro (after work) group. He was arrested while at work at the Florentine Lighting Company, where he was co-owner. A number of his employees, including Ruggero Bacci and Antonio and Pietro Danesi were arrested at work.

The photograph offers a streetside view of the storefont. More than 45 individuals (all unknown) are shown standing in front of the store and looking out of the windows above the shop. British flags are drapped in each of the five windows above the store. The people appear to be looking down the street, research indicates that the crowd is most likely awaiting a motorcade with the Queen of England, who visited Toronto in 1939.

Photograph of apology and presentation to Brombal family, Windsor, ON, 1990

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
December 11, 1990

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
L. to R. / ?, John Whiteside, Karen Brombal, Doug Brombal, Ron Moro. / / Dec 11, 1990

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Windsor Police Commission apology and presentation to Brombal family, Windsor, ON, December 11, 1990. The presentation was made by the Chair, John Whiteside, who is shown handling an archival photograph. Also present was Italian vice consul, Ron Moro, who holds the commemorative plaque.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of apology and presentation to Brombal family, Windsor, ON, 1990

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
December 11, 1990

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Windsor Police Commission apology and presentation to Brombal family, Windsor, ON, December 11, 1990. The presentation was made by the Chair, John Whiteside. Also present was Italian vice consul, Ron Moro.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Nereo Brombal (centre) and others, ca. 1930-1932

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1931

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Henry Jacobs on the / right / Thomas Schneider on / your left / We send our best / wishes / Enjoyed our short stay / in your city. Wish / we could stay a longer / time when we come / again. We like your / city and all the fine / people we met that day / J. A. S. approx. 1930-32

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Nereo Brombal (centre) and others, ca. 1930-1932.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Nereo Brombal (right) at the war memorial, Windsor, ON, 1930

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
May 30, 1930

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Nereo Brombal (right) at the war memorial, Windsor, ON, 1930

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Nereo Brombal in uniform, early 1930s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1935

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Nereo Brombal in uniform, early 1930s.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of policeman Nereo Brombal on inspection round, Windsor, ON, ca. 1938

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1938

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of policeman Nereo Brombal on inspection round, Windsor, ON, ca. 1938.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Nereo Brombal, Cobalt, ON, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1920

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Nereo Brombal, Cobalt, ON, 1920s.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Brombal Family, Windsor, ON, 1944

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1944

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Brombal Family, Windsor, ON, 1944. Pictured (L-R, back row) Grandpa Lausch, Nereo Brombal and wife Johanna; (L-R, front row) Doug Brombal, Richard Thebault, Ada Brombal.

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Nereo Brombal and wife Johanna, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1925

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Nereo Brombal and wife Johanna, 1920s

Nereo Brombal immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife in northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Photograph of Ada & Douglas Brombal, Windsor, ON, summer 1943

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Photograph of Ada & Douglas Brombal, Windsor, ON, summer 1943.

Pictured are the Brombal siblings, Ada and Douglas, children of Nereo Brombal, who immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914, and his German-born wife. The family settled in Windsor, ON.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Wedding portrait, Brombal Family, Windsor, ON, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1920

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pen, black ink):
Mom & Dad Brombals Wedding
Day in 1258 MCEwan back right Grandpa & Gram
Lausch(?) Foreground Mom & Dad Brombal
& aunt Elsie other couple unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Doug Brombal and Family

Wedding portrait, Brombal Family, Windsor, ON, 1920s.

Marriage is one of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. As a result, it has always been an important occassion for a Catholic Italian-Canadian family. In recent years, it has also proved an occassion for extended celebrations, with family, friends, and colleagues all invited. A event ladden with symbolism and status, the wedding has also turned into somewhat of a small business venture. Guests often bring a “busta” — literally the envelope. Originally these envelopes with cards and cash were meant to provide a small start-up fund to help young newlyweds begin their life together.

In this portrait, we see a wedding in the early 1920s. The groom, Nereo Brombal, had immigrated to Canada from Italy ca. 1914. He had met his German-born wife Johanna in Northern Ontario. The family would settle in Windsor and the Brombals had 2 children.

In 1940, Brombal was fired from the Windsor Police Department due to his Italian birth. His son Douglas remembers a few tense years during the war, given his mixed German/Italian family.

Brombal would never return to his position as a police officer. However, in December 1990, the Windsor Police Commission apologized to Brombal’s family. They also created Camp Brombal, for underpriviliged kids, and run by volunteers from the police department, in Nereo Brombal’s honour.

Wedding portrait, Doganieri Family, Montreal, QC, 1920s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1925

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Giulietta Doganieri

Wedding portrait, Doganieri Family, Montreal, QC, 1920s.

Marriage is one of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. As a result, it has always been an important occassion for a Catholic Italian-Canadian family. In recent years, it has also proved an occassion for extended celebrations, with family, friends, and colleagues all invited. A event ladden with symbolism and status, the wedding has also turned into somewhat of a small business venture. Guests often bring a “busta” — literally the envelope. Originally these envelopes with cards and cash were meant to provide a small start-up fund to help young newlyweds begin their life together.

In this portrait, we see an early Italian Canadian wedding. The happy couple are Nicola Doganieri and Francesca Granato. They would have seven children.

In 1940, Dognarieri was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state. He was released after almost 32 months.

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro in office, Sudbury, ON, ca. 1942

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1942

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
Dad in his office on Elgin Street (1942) Sudbury
after his arrest in Camp Petawawa
Recto: (Handwritten, black ink):
Dr. Luigi F. Pancaro [large gap] c. 1942

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro in his medical office, Sudbury, ON, ca. 1942.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials. After his release, he resumed his medical practice in Sudbury, ON.

Photograph of Butti-Pancaro family, Lake Nipissing, ca. 1942

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1942

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, black ink):
Lake Nippissin North Bay ON
Mom, Rita, Gina Caroline, Fernanda (in front of Mom) Aunt Laura Aunt Angiolina & Johny Butti
Dad was in Petawawa at the time

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Butti-Pancaro family, Lake Nipissing, ca. 1942.

The Butti family of North Bay, ON was related by marriage to Luigi Pancaro.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state.

Photograph of Lina and Luigi Pancaro, North Bay, ON, ca. 1930

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1930

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Lina and Luigi Pancaro, North Bay, ON, ca. 1930. Although the couple met in North Bay, ON, they later settled in Sudbury, ON and raised a family.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Left at home with five children to support, Lina did her best to manage. She rented out parts of the Pancaro family home and did chores to which she was not accustomed such as putting coal in the furnace. After petitioning the Custodian of Enemy Property, Lina was able to access monies made from the sale of Sistosan, a medicine that hindered bleeding and invented by her husband.

Hand tinted photograph of Nida Olivieri, Hamilton, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1930

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

This is a hand tinted portrait of Nida Olivieri, daughter of internee Antonio (Tony) Olivieri. She is pictured smiling with her head looking over her left shoulder at the camera.

Nida’s diary entries describe the events leading up to the internment of Italian Canadians in the Hamilton area, how the internment of her father, Tony Olivieri affected her family and how her father readjusted to life post-internment. Her daughter, Toni McDermott, reads from her diary in an interview conducted for this project.

Postcard of Lina and Albert Butti, North Bay, ON, 1928

MAKER
Noel’s Studio

DATE
1928

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Postcard of Lina and her brother Albert Butti, 1928. This would be about the time Lina married Luigi Pancaro. Although the couple met in North Bay, ON, they later settled in Sudbury, ON and raised a family.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Left at home with five children to support, Lina did her best to manage. She rented out parts of the Pancaro family home and did chores to which she was not accustomed such as putting coal in the furnace. After petitioning the Custodian of Enemy Property, Lina was able to access monies made from the sale of Sistosan, a medicine that hindered bleeding and invented by her husband.

Photograph of 1931 Studebaker, owned by Luigi Pancaro, 1930

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1930

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of 1931 Studebaker Dictator Model 60 Coupe, owned by Luigi Pancaro, 1930. The several photographs of this car, suggest his pride and appreciation of it.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state.

The Studebaker Dictator was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation in the USA from 1927-1937. Ironically, at the time of its production, the name Dictator caused some concern — mainly in Europe, where the car appears to have been marketed as “Director”. The name Dictator was discontinued in 1937, and is attributed in part to public perception of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany.

Photograph of building, two studebakers and one man, North Bay, ON, 1930

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1930

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of building, two studebakers and one man (Tony Butti), North Bay, ON, 1930.

The Butti family of North Bay, ON was related by marriage to Luigi Pancaro.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state.

Photograph of Toni McDermott with her mother Nida Olivieri, Ancaster, ON, 2008

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 14, 2008

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

In this colour photo, granddaughter of internee Antonio (Tony) Olivieri, Toni McDermott is pictured moving her mother (and daughter of Antonio Olivieri), Nida Oliveiri, into the Meadowlands, a retirement residency located in Ancaster, Ontario, September 14, 2008. The two are pictured standing in the doorway, smiling.

In an interview conducted with Toni on the internment of her grandfather, she reads selections from her mother’s journal describing the historic events leading up to the interment of Italian Canadians in the Hamilton, Ontario area. She also reads depictions of her grandfather when he returned home from the internment camp.

Photograph of children seated on boat, ca. 1939

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of children (including Rita and Johnny Butti) in unidentified location, seated on boat ca. 1939.

The Butti family of North Bay, ON was related by marriage to Luigi Pancaro.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state.

Photograph of interior of St. Rita’s Church, North Bay, ON, 1927

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1927

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
St. Rita’s Church
1927
North Bay Ont
Mom & Dad were married in this church.
M. Pallotta
4 [encircled]

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of interior of St. Rita’s Church, North Bay, ON, 1927.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. Pancaro immigrated to Canada in 1926, settling in North Bay. It is in this community that he married Lina Butti, in St. Rita’s Church, which served the local and mainly Italian neighbourhood.

Pancaro left North Bay in 1930 to study surgical technique at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. When he returned, he settled in Sudbury with his wife and family.

Pancaro was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Built in 1913, St. Rita’s Church was located within North Bay’s Little Italy. In 2012, the church and related properties were sold due to reduced attendance levels and operating costs. The building will likely be repurposed to accomodate residential dwellings.

Photograph of musicians playing aboard the S.S. Hamiltonian, Hamilton, ON, ca. 1950s

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1950

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(hand-written in blue ink) Playing guitars. / 1950’s [underlined twice] / Lt. tony Olivieri / Berlino Colangelo / S.S. HAMILTONION – crosses the / harbour Hamilton to / Port Dalhousie / Entertaining musicians / always a fun loud / time.

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

In this black and white photograph, nine musicians are pictured playing instruments and singing aboard the ship, the S.S. Hamiltonian, ca. 1950. The two guitar players are identified on the back of the photograph as Antonio (Tony) Olivieri and Berlino Colangelo, two Italian Canadians from Hamilton, Ontario. Both, considered at threat to the Canadian state, were arrested and interned in 1940 without trial or explanation.

The other musicians (unknown) are pictured playing the saxophone, accordion, clarinet and stand-up bass.

According to the grandaughter of Antonio (Tony) Olivieri, Toni McDermott, the group regularly played on Saturday nights aboard the cruise ship. The ship sailed from Hamilton to Port Dalhousie while the Hamilton-based band provided entertainment for guests.

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (left) with David Butti, May 1958

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
May 1958

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (left) with David Butti, aboard the Giulio Cesare, May 1958.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. Pancaro immigrated to Canada in 1926, settling in North Bay. He left North Bay in 1930 to study surgical technique at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. When he returned, he settled in Sudbury with his wife Lina Butti.

Pancaro was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

After his release, he resumed his medical practice. Eventually Pancaro (a devout Roman Catholic) returned to Italy and served as a physician for Padre Pio, who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (centre) and others, ca. 1929

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1929

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Jerry Castelli (left), Luigi Pancaro (centre) and Sam Butti (right), at Smoky Falls, ON (near Timmins), ca. 1929.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. Pancaro immigrated to Canada in 1926, settling in North Bay. He left North Bay in 1930 to study surgical technique at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. When he returned, he settled in Sudbury.

Pancaro was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Photograph of Antonio Olivieri, Hamilton, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Hamilton businessman and grocery store owner, Antonio (Tony) Olivieri is pictured in this black and white photograph in formal wear, turning a cocktail umbrella inside out, smiling to the camera. In an interview with Tony McDermott, Antonio’s granddaughter, about her grandfather’s internment, she explains how this is the way she remembers her grandfather, “Papa Tony,” best, “a lovely man, very happy”. He is pictured wearing a white shirt and necktie, standing outdoors on a porch. Some vintage cars can be made out in the background.

Photograph of Lina and Albert Butti, ca. 1919

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1919

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of a young Lina and her brother Albert Butti, ca. 1919.

As a grown woman, Lina Butti married Luigi Pancaro. The couple settled in Sudbury, ON and raised a family.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Left at home with five children to support, Lina did her best to manage. She rented out parts of the Pancaro family home and did chores to which she was not accustomed such as putting coal in the furnace. After petitioning the Custodian of Enemy Property, Lina was able to access monies made from the sale of Sistosan, a medicine that hindered bleeding and invented by her husband.

Photograph of Antonio Olivieri in his grocery store, Hamilton, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

This is a black and white photograph of internee Antonio (Tony) Olivieri pictured in the grocery store he owned on Sherman Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario. He is shown packing a box at a counter or table with shelves of tobacco products and other store goods behind him.

In an interview with Toni McDermott, Antonio’s grandaughter, she describes the store he owned and operated in detail. It had everything, she describes, “cigarettes, cigars, food, candy, pies, cakes…” In this photo, Antonio is wearing a sweater with necktie and eyeglasses.

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (left) with Padre Pio

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (left) with Padre Pio, for whom he acted as a private physician, date unknown.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

After his release, he resumed his medical practice. Eventually Pancaro (a devout Roman Catholic) returned to Italy and served as a physician for Padre Pio, a celebrated and much-beloved priest. Padre Pio was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro and others, Rome, Italy, 1914

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1914

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Maggie Pancaro Pallotta

Photograph of Luigi Pancaro (front left) and others, seated on horse-drawn carriage, decorated with flowers, 1914. The photograph was taken during a military procession in Rome, the reason for which is not known. Pancaro would have been 17 years old.

Luigi Pancaro was a surgeon, trained in Italy. He was a supporter of fascism — believing it had improved the socioeconomic status of most Italians. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested as a threat to the Canadian state. While interned at Camp Petawawa, he worked at the camp hospital, providing medical care to fellow internees and on occassion to camp guards and officials.

Photograph of Nida Olivieri with her father, Antonio [Tony] Olivieri, Hamilton, ON, 1942

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
June 13, 1942

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

Black and white snapshot of Nida Olivieri dancing with her father, “Pop” – Antonio [Tony] Olivieri at her wedding in Hamilton, June 13,1942. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates that she is 20 years old when the photo was taken and that she was Antonio’s second daughter. The two are pictured sharing a father-daughter dance, alone on the dance floor as onlookers in the background are seated at banquet tables watching. Nida is pictured wearing a long, slender white wedding gown and veil, smiling away from the camera astride while her father, Antonio is facing the camera, wearing a white shirt, necktie and dress pants, pausing for a moment for the picture.

Photograph of Olivieri Family, Hamilton, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

Black and white photo of Olivieri family members arranged out of doors. Writing on the back describes the setting as a ‘backyard gathering.’ In an interview with Toni McDermott, she identifies those included in the photograph as her grandfather and internee (Antonio Olivieri), her cousin’s grandfather, her grandmother (Anna Olivieri), her mother (Nida Olivieri) and her cousins. Close family friend and internee Berlino Colangelo is also included in the photo. Ten individuals in total are pictured, lined up in front of a fence, outdoors, shoulder to shoulder. All of the men are wearing neck ties and the women are wearing dresses. Some are more formal in their stature, looking directly into the camera and some more relaxed looking off in the distance. A young girl and a man with a glass bottle are pictured reclining on a chair. The group is mixed intergenerational, with one (unknown) child in the picture.

Group photograph with Dr. Fernando Anthony Olivieri

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1951

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

Group photo of Dr. Fernando Anthony Olivieri on his wedding day in 1951, as described in an interview with Toni McDermott. Four individuals are included in this photograph, indicated in writing on the back of the photograph as Anna (mother of Fernando) and Antonio (father of Fernando) Olivieri and Elpidio Salciccioli. They are dressed in formal wear with matching corsage’s, standing shoulder to shoulder in an outdoor summer-like setting. Two of the men are pictured wearing coats with tails and the woman is wearing patterned dress with matching hat.

Photograph of A. Olivieri & Bros. storefront, Hamilton, Ontario

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1940

CREDIT LINE
The family of Antonio Olivieri

Black and white photograph of the storefront of Antonio [Tony] Olivier’s butcher and grocery store in Hamilton, Ontario. A man wearing a white butcher’s apron is pictured posing in the doorway for the photo, identified by Toni McDermott in an interview as Antonio “Papa Toni” Olivieri. A fabric awning spans the entire storefront, with the name of store, A. Olivieri & Bros. printed on the overhang. Lettering in the window to the left of the doorway is a promotion for Dominion Express Money Orders and lettering in the right store window is promoting Red Rose Tea. The entire front profile of the building is pictured, including the upstairs apartment where the family lived for a while, described by Toni McDermontt in an interview on the internment of her grandfather, Antonio Olivieri. The building is a three-story brick building with two windows facing the street on the second level and a dormer with window on the top-most level. Writing on the back of the photograph indicates that the address is 368 Sherman Avenue North.

Young Eugene Guagneli with mother Luisa Guagneli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the family of Luisa Guagneli

This is a black and white snapshot of Eugene Guagneli as a young child with his mother, Luisa Guagneli. They are at Niagara Falls leaning against the railing that looks out over the falls. Luisa is wearing a black fur coat over a white dress (or skirt and blouse outfit), with white tights and black shoes. A light coloured hat, possibly a cloche, completes her look. She is holding her son, Eugene, in a protective embrace. Eugene is standing on the rock against the railing. His right arm is resting against his mother’s shoulder and the other arm is holding onto the railing. He is wearing a dark coloured coat with big buttons, a dark coloured newspaper boy cap, and black shoes. His white shirt has a high neck and his pants are also white. In the far background is a faint outline of a cityscape. It is wintertime as the bush that lines the railing is without any leaves.

Luisa Guagneli was one of four women interned during World War II. Her son Eugene and her husband Arturo were designated as enemy aliens.

Portrait of Luisa Guagneli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1924

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the family of Luisa Guagneli

This is a black and white studio portrait of Luisa Guagneli shown from the waist up. She is staring off camera and smiling. Her short wavy bob is parted on the side. She is wearing a black v-neck top, a chain necklace, and earrings.

Luisa Guagneli was one of four women interned during World War II. Her son Eugene and her husband Arturo were designated as enemy aliens.

Eugene Guagneli and mother Luisa Guagneli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

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Courtesy of the family of Luisa Guagneli

This is a colour snapshot of Eugene Guagneli and his mother Luisa Guagneli. During World War II, Eugene was designated an enemy alien and his mother was one of four women imprisoned at Kingston Penitentiary. Here, they are shown in a fenced garden area with large bushes full of pink and white flowers. The background shows a wooded area of trees and shrubs. Luisa is is wearing a knee length sleeveless dress with a lilac and white floral pattern. Her white hair is pulled back and she has on a pair of black framed eyeglasses. She is standing close to her son and leaning against him. Eugene has his arm around his mother. He is wearing white pants and a short sleeve light blue button shirt with a collar. There are four pockets on the front of his shirt. Both are staring at the camera.

This was taken on the same day as DICEA2011.0008.0001

Luisa Guagneli was one of four women interned during World War II. Her son Eugene and her husband Arturo were designated as enemy aliens.

Eugene Guagneli with his parents Luisa and Arturo Guagneli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

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Courtesy of the family of Luisa Guagneli

This is a colour snapshot of Eugene Guagneli and his parents Luisa and Arturo Guagneli. During World War II, Eugene was designated an enemy alien and his mother was one of four women imprisoned at Kingston Penitentiary. The family are posing beside a house lined with large pink flowers. Everyone is smiling at the camera. Luisa is standing left-most and leaning against her son. She is wearing a knee length sleeveless dress with a lilac and white floral pattern. Her white hair is pulled back and she has on black framed eyeglasses. Eugene is standing in the center and he has both arms around each of his parents. He is wearing white pants and a short sleeve light blue button shirt with a collar. There are pockets on the front of his shirt. Arturo is wearing dark brown pants, a white short sleeve button shirt with a collar, and dark tinted sunglasses. A sunglasses case peeks out from his shirt chest pocket. The far background shows two houses across the street.

This was taken on the same day as DICEA2011.0008.0002

Luisa Guagneli was one of four women interned during World War II. Her son Eugene and her husband Arturo were designated as enemy aliens.

Casa d’Italia social event in Montreal

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

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Courtesy of the Di Battista Family

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli’s children, Maria, Daniel, and Loretta

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

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Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is a black and white snapshot of Maria, Daniel, and Loretta; the children are about 12, 2, and 5 years old (shown left to right). They are the children of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli. Maria is wearing a white knee length dress with a crochet pattern. The sleeves of her dress run just to her elbows and her right arm has a bangle. She has white socks, white shoes, and a white headband with a big bow. She is staring at the camera with no expression on her face. She is holding her younger brother’s right hand. Daniel is staring off to his left. He has a dark coloured suit jacket that is a bit big for his size and black boots. A high collared shirt peeks out from the jacket. Loretta is wearing a similar outfit to her sister’s but has on tights instead of socks. Her hair is styled in pigtails, each with a big white bow. The children are standing on a dirt in front of a wooden house or building structure. Behind the children and resting against the walls are cut fir or spruce trees.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli of Timmins was interned during World War II at Camp Petawawa.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli with son-in-law Alexander Keith Stirling

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
July 1945

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is a colour photo of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli with his son-in-law, Alexander Keith Stirling, both shown from the waists up. They are standing side by side and smiling at the camera. Leo is wearing a white button-up collared shirt with the long sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His black and white tie with floral patterns. His hair is almost all white and it is cut low. He still has signature mustache. Keith is also wearing a white button-up collared shirt, and also with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His chest pocket has some items in it, possibly some papers or a cigarette pack.

The background shows a natural landscape with tall trees and grass. The two men are at Leo’s cottage in North Bay on Lake Nipissing. This was taken in early July of 1945 at a family event which included Leo’s daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. The cottage, which Leo built himself, is still owned by the Mascioli family.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli of Timmins was interned during World War II at Camp Petawawa. According to Leo’s granddaughter, Joan McKinnon, this photo is quite special because it was taken towards the end of WWII, and after both men were released from prisoner-of-war camps. Leo was released from Camp Petawawa in 1941, where he was interned and Alexander was released later from a POW camp in Europe where he was serving in the war.

This photo was likely taken on the same day as ICEA2011.0087.0002.

Portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is a black and white portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli. He is shown from the waist-up in a studio setting. He is staring straight at the camera and is expressionless. His hair, now grey on the sides, is parted in the usual style to the left. Leo has a large mustache. He is wearing a dark coloured suit jacket with a polka dot tie and white collared shirt. The photo is framed in a rectangular paper frame with a rectangular window. To the bottom right, the printer’s mark is evident: W.J. BROWNE. TIMMINS, ONT.

Portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is a black and white portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli. Leo is wearing a black tuxedo, with a white shirt, and a black bow-tie. His hair is neatly combed and parted at the left. He is looking off-camera and has a slight smile. He has a large mustache. Leo is shown from the chest-up in semi-profile against a generic backdrop. The photo is framed in a patterned rectangular paper frame with a rectangular window. The studio’s markings “Ramona Studio. Kirkland Lake, ONT.” are written on the front bottom of the frame.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli of Timmins was interned during World War II at Camp Petawawa.

Portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is a black and white portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli, shown from the waist-up. He is shown against a nature backdrop; it is very likely that he is in a portrait studio set-up. He is shown staring straight at the camera. His face is expressionless. His hair is neatly combed and parted to the side and he has a large moustache. He is wearing a dark-coloured suit jacket with a slight patterned look. A white collared shirt and patterned tie peeks out from beneath the jacket. The portrait is framed in a dark coloured rectangular cardboard frame with an oval window.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli of Timmins was interned during World War II at Camp Petawawa.

Portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli with children, Maria, Loretta, and Daniel

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and Sandra O’Grady

This is an original toned black and white portrait of Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli and his children, Maria, Loretta, and Daniel. Leo is wearing a black overcoat over a white shirt and dark-coloured tie, a white scarf, and black pants. His shoes are also black. His hair is combed and parted neatly to the right. He is staring off-centre with a slight smile on his face. He has a mustache. His left hand is resting protectively over his son’s left shoulder. His son, Daniel, is dressed in a matching set of dark-coloured jacket and shorts. He has on a white frilly scarf, black tights, and black boots as accessories. He is starting off-centre and his face is expressionless. His left hand is clasping his right and they hang in front of him. The older daughter, Loretta, is sitting down on a chair, also looking off-centre, and also with her hands clasped together resting on her lap. She is wearing her short hair tied half up and half down. Her black dress is mid-calf length and has a fancy black bow at the chest. Black tights peek out from her knee-high two toned boots. The third child, Maria, is leaning towards her big sister and smiling off-centre. Maria’s right hand is hanging onto Loretta’s right arm. Maria has a dark coloured dress with white stripes on the sleeve cuffs. A white frilly scarf hanging from her neck and she has a big bow on her hair. Her hair is long and styled similar to Loretta’s. Maria is also wearing black tights and a pair of two-toned boots. The family is in a studio with wooden floors and an outdoor landscape image as the backdrop.

Leopoldo (Leo) Mascioli of Timmins was interned during World War II at Camp Petawawa.

Photograph of German motorized detachment, Poland, September 1939

MAKER
Acme

DATE
September 1939

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Handwritten, pencil):
Mag. Aug 30 Page 12
B [encircled]
(Handwritten, blue crayon, all text encircled):
WAR GERMANY ARMY IN POLAND
(Stamp, red ink): AUG 30 1949
(Type-written, purple ink, ALL CAPS, on paper adhered to photo):
522451……….NEW YORK BUREAU
THE MARCH THAT STARTED WORLD WAR II
POLAND: WORLD WAR II, which started on
September 1, 1939, and which ended with the
surrender of Japan to the Allies, realy began
when Adolph Hitler sent his armed might
marching into Poland in a tremendous push
which left shattered towns and hundreds of
innocent dead in its wake. In this photo,
a German motorized detachment rides through
a Polish town, badly battered from repeated
bombings by the then-powerful Luftwaffe.
NY-1-2-3-CAN-MGS-SA-PAC
CREDIT (ACME) (THIS PHOTO ISSUED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF
WORLD WAR II) 8/27 obscured
(Sticker, barcode):
AUB-356-CT
(Stamp, black ink):
(Newspaper article):
[lower part of image visible]
A motorized detachment of the invading German army rolls thru a Polish town shattered by bombings of the Luftwaffe

CREDIT LINE
Columbus Centre Collection

Photograph of German motorized detachment, Poland, September 1939.

A motorized detachment of the invading German army rides through a Polish town, badly battered from repeated bombings by the Luftwaffe. Known as the September Campaign, the invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.

Acme Newsphotos

AP Wirephoto of officers escorting Antonio Dieni into police headquarters, June 10,1940

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
June 10, 1940

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Type-written, black ink, ALL CAPS, underlined in red pen):
WAR-2ND WORLD CANADA
ITALIANS IN
(Stamp, blue ink, ALL CAPS):
RECEIVED [Illegible]
REFERENCE [Illegible]
JUN 13 1940
Recto:
(Type-written, black ink, ALL CAPS):
(NY9-June 12) MONTREAL –MOUNTIES GET AN ALIEN–Canadian caption say man in center here is being taken to police headquarters by two
Mounties (one not in uniform) for questioning in Canada’s roundup of Italian resident. Unnaturalized Italians in Canada–some 12,000 in number–must be registered with the police and report regularly. (APWirePhoto) (See NY8) (JB40845JD-MONT) 1940

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Columbus Centre Collection

AP Wirephoto (silver gelatin) of officers escorting Antonio Dieni into police headquarters in Montreal, June 10, 1940.

In a speech given in Rome on the evening of June 10, 1940, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini informed listeners that formal declarations of war had been sent to the governments of England and France. Within half an hour of Mussolini’s declaration, Canadian police at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels were mobilized and began arresting individuals across the country. Suspects were taken from their place of work, and homes were ransacked by police in an attempt to find evidence.

Once in police custody, Italian Canadians were taken to local jails to await transfer to internment camps. Many had no idea why they found themselves in this situation. They were not told what was going to happen to them.

These photographs would have been circulated for newspaper use. This image appears in the Globe and Mail, June 13, 1940, page 5.

Photograph of officer escorting Italian Canadians into police headquarters, June 10, 1940

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
June 10, 1940

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Type-written, black ink, ALL CAPS, underlined in red pen): WAR-2ND WORLD CANADA
ITALIANS IN
(Stamp, blue ink, ALL CAPS):
RECEIVED [Illegible]
REFERENCE LIBRARY
JUN 13 1940
Recto:
(Type-written, black ink, ALL CAPS):
(NY8-June 12) MONTREAL –CANADA TAGS ITALIANS–Canadian caption ac-
companying this picture says it shows Montreal Italians being taken
into Provincial Police Headquarters by a detective (right, light hat) yesterday. Unnaturalized Italians in Canada–estimated at 12,000–are to be fingerprinted and registered and must report to
police periodically. (APWirePhoto) (JB40830JD-MONT) 1940

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Columbus Centre Collection

AP Wirephoto (silver gelatin) of officer escorting Italian Canadians into police headquarters in Montreal, June 10, 1940.

In a speech given in Rome on the evening of June 10, 1940, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini informed listeners that formal declarations of war had been sent to the governments of England and France. Within half an hour of Mussolini’s declaration, Canadian police at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels were mobilized and began arresting individuals across the country. Suspects were taken from their place of work, and homes were ransacked by police in an attempt to find evidence.

Once in police custody, Italian Canadians were taken to local jails to await transfer to internment camps. Many had no idea why they found themselves in this situation. They were not told what was going to happen to them.

These photographs would have been circulated for newspaper use.

Press photograph of barbed wire barricade at Petawawa Internment Camp, ca. 1940

MAKER
Wide World Photos

DATE
March 1940

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(typewritten, purple ink, ALL CAPS, on paper adhered to back of photo):
MARCH OF TIME PHOTO FROM WIDE WORLD: PLEASE WATCH CREDIT
928425 – SEE ALSO 928423, 928424 & 928426
A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN CANADA
PETAWAWA, ONT. – A scene at the alien internment or concentration camp which is located near Petawawa. Behind the barbed wire barricades of military internment camps like this are hundreds of enemy aliens – Nazi Germans – who after investigation have been certified by the Minister of Justice as likely to be dangerous if left at large. These Nazi Germans will be kept in these camps for the duration of the war. Since the declaration of war Canada has established three internment camps all operated under the rules of a Geneva Convention which regulates the treatment and care of war prisoners. This picture is from the is form the forthcoming March of Time film “Canada at War.”
H-3/11/40 (s)
(date stamp, vertical, purple ink):
May 8 1940

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Columbus Centre Collection

Press photograph (silver gelatin) of barbed wire barricade at Petawawa Internment Camp, ca. 1940.

Built in 1904, Petawawa first served as a military training base. During World War I it functioned as an internment camp for German and Austrian Canadians. In 1939, the camp was used for the internment of enemy aliens. German, Italian and Japanese Canadians were held there at different times during the war. The majority of Italian Canadians from central and eastern Canada were sent to Petawawa in June 1940 until July 1942, when the remaining internees were transferred to Fredericton Internment Camp. Petawawa is an active Canadian military base today.

Press photograph is from the March of Time film Canada at War. Time Inc’s newsreel series, “The March of Time®” ran from 1935-1967. It appears this image was created in early 1940, as the episode “Canada at War” aired in March 1940.

Joe Bassano, brother of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli, with cousin

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Joe Bassano, brother of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli, with his cousin. Both men are wearing their Canadian military uniform. Joe has on a trooper or trapper’s hat with a logo at the front, a white shirt and black tie, and matching jacket and pants suit. Thejacket has a collar, large chest pockets, and epaulettes on the shoulders. A fabric belt is tied around the waist. Joe’s matching pants also has the same type of large pockets and his black boots are laced and ankle-high. His cousin is wearing a similar uniform but his trooper hat is made out of fur. The cousins are standing with their arms around each other’s shoulders. They are standing in front of a wooden building structure and steps.

Portrait of Joe Bassano, brother of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white portrait of Joe Bassano, brother of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli. He is staring off centre and is expressionless. He has a mustache and his dark hair is styled combed back. He is wearing a military uniform jacket, with a dark coloured high collar and epaulettes on the shoulders. There is a patch or a pin on the left chest area. The background is vague, thus suggesting it is in a studio.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s siblings, Teresa Bassano and Joe Bassano

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1944

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s siblings, Teresa Bassano and Joe Bassano. They are sitting on the stone steps of a brick house. Teresa is sitting behind her brother with her hands resting around his shoulders. She has her hair tied back and has on a dark coloured lipstick. She is wearing a dark coloured skirt and jacket suit, white top, and peep-toe heels. Joe is dressed in his Canadian military uniform: a peak hat, pants, jacket with a military pin, a button shirt, and a tie. Both are smiling at the camera. The background shows barren shrubs nearby indicating the fall or spring season.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli oustide house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outside a brick house. She is leaning against a brick wall and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black hat with a decorative white (flower?) detail at the front. She has a light coloured mid-calf length dress, black leather gloves, a small black crochet purse, black heels, and a black coat. The background shows a large wooden front door with a glass window.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli on front steps of house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing on the front steps of a brick house. The steps are lined by large potted plants, that lead to an equally large door that has window panels on either side. Toni is smiling at the camera holding a large doctor’s bag style purse. She is wearing a knee-length dress with black gloves and black high heels. Her accessories include a tall spotted black and white hat, black long gloves, and a fur stole wrapped around her shoulders.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at Sunnyside Beach

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
August 01, 1938

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at Sunnyside Beach on August 1, 1938. She is wearing a one piece swimsuit that is white with black straps. She also has on a white hair-bow, white sandals, and a watch. She is leaning over with hands resting on her knees, as she smiles at the camera. In the background is a bike and a small pile of personal belongings lying on the grass. There are large trees in the background.

Wedding of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and Patrick Ciccarelli

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
November 16, 1946

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with husband Patrick Ciccarelli on their wedding day, November 16, 1946. They are standing on steps, presumably of a church. Patrick is wearing a black suit, a white shirt, a white bowtie, and black shoes. He is touching his bride’s arm and smiling off to the right. Toni is smiling at the camera, holding her bouquet. She has on a long sleeve wedding gown with a ruffle decoration on the bust and on the skirt. Her hair is decorated by a crown-like hair decor and a long veil. There are lots of people behind them and there are streamers and confetti being thrown in the air.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at waterfall

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing at a small waterfall. She is wearing a white two piece outfit: loose-fitting shorts and a mid-riff halter top. She is wearing dark coloured lipstick, round-rimmed dark sunglasses, white flower hair accessory, and a watch. She is posing with one hand on her hip and the other hand touching the side of her face. She is smiling at the camera. The background shows trees framing the small water fall. This was taken on the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0030.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with mother Brigida Bassano

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with her mother Brigida Bassano. The two ladies are standing close to each other smiling at the camera. Toni is wearing a black knee-length fur coat with a hat. She is holding a black purse. Brigida is wearing a black knee-length coat with a brooch on the collar. They are standing on a street in front of a store-front.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outdoors near water

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outdoors near water. She is sitting on rocks near a body of water and there are people around her – namely a woman (possibly her cousin from DICEA2010.0001.0024) and a boy, as well as a man in the far background. Toni is wearing a floral print sleeveless dress with a ruffle detail at the bustline. She has dark coloured lipstick and nailpolish, a white bow in her hair, and a think black watch. Her left hand is resting on her left knee and her right hand is cut off from the picture plane. The background shows trees framing the water.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s husband Patrick outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s husband, Patrick, standing outdoors. He is leaning on a wooden bridge in a garden-type setting and smiling at the camera. He is wearing dark coloured pants with a dark coloured short sleeve button up collared top. Behind him is an elderly lady (possibly his mother in-law, Brigida Bassano), also smiling at the camera. She is wearing a printed dress and holding a black purse. In the background, there is a large tall wooden structure — a peak triangular roof on top of poles or stilts. There are lots of trees and shrubs in the background. This was probably taken the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0026.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli fishing

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli fishing. She is sitting on a rock holding a fishing rod and looking over her shoulder to smile at the camera. She has on dark coloured shorts or a skirt with a white printed halter top with a black edge detail. She has a flower body sticker on her top right back and a white hairband. The background shows a body of water and trees.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and lady at Shaw St. Bridge

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
March 07, 1938

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with an unknown lady sitting on Shaw Street Bridge on July 3, 1938. The two ladies are sitting close to each other smiling at the camera. They each have their arm wrapped around each other. Toni is wearing a tight fitting mid-calf length skirt, a short sleeve collared top and a sweater vest. A wooden cross hangs from her neck. She is wearing peep-toe heels with a small boe at the front. The lady is wearing a matching top and skirt with a ribbed pattern, a belt, and white shoes. A little boy is standing in front of the ladies watching them with his back turned to the camera. There are trees, street poles, and possibly a building structure in the far right background. This photo was taken the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0044

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli in garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
March 07, 1938

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli in a garden on July 3, 1938. It is a close-up of her crouching down beside some plants; she is smiling straight at the camera. Toni is wearing a tight fitting mid-calf length skirt, a short sleeve collared top and a sweater vest. A wooden cross hangs from her neck.. She is wearing a dark coloured brimmed hat, dark coloured lipstick and gloves. The background shows a fence and a tall tree on the other side of the fence. This photo was taken the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0045.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli playing croquet

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli playing croquet. She is leaning over the ball and is ready to swing. She has on a printed skirt dress, black shoes, and a white long sleeve round neck sweater. She has dark sunglasses and a white flower hair accessory in her hair. She is smiling into the camera. Close-by behind Toni is a man whose back is turned to us, also playing croquet. He is wearing a dark coloured pant suit, a vest, and a white button long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. Another man in the far background, also playing croquet, is wearing a black pant suit and a short-sleeve white button shirt. There are tall trees in the background.

Photograph of Italian boys softball team, Ottawa, 1939

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1939

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Italo Tiezzi

Photograph of Italian boys softball team, Ottawa, 1939. Gino Tiezzi at far right was the manager. On June 10, 1940 he was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state.

Gino’s sons were junior members of the team, acting as bat boys. Silvio and Italo Tiezzi are standing in the front.

According to his son Italo, his father did work with the Italian Consulate in Ottawa in a volunteer capacity. He managed the basketball team and softball team. He organized and supervised two student summer trips to Italy which were sponsored by the Italian government.

The softball team pictured here is wearing uniforms with a central badge reading GILE. The Gioventù Italiana del Littorio Estero was the foreign branch of the GIL, a fascist youth organization established in Italy on October 29, 1937. Organized under military discipline, the GILE sought to instill a love of Italy among youth and develop future generations of fascists. It provided recreational activities to both boys and girls ranging in age from 6 to 18.

Photograph of Tiezzi family, 1949

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1949

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Italo Tiezzi

Photograph of Tiezzi family, 1949, standing in front of the family store. Front centre is Ada Tiezzi Brandonio. From the left: Italo Tiezzi, Silvio Tiezzi, Rosa Tiezzi and Gino Tiezzi.

At the Italian declaration of war, Gino Tiezzi was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state.

After his release, Tiezzi could not return to his former job at the Ottawa Light Heat & Power Company Ltd. The Tiezzis then bought a small store using money Rosa Tiezzi had saved up. Tiezzi Provision Store and Post Office, purchased in 1945, soon served as a social service centre for post war immigrants as Tiezzi Provisions Store.

A year after this picture was taken, the family suffered a horrific tragedy with the loss of the eldest son Silvio in a car-train accident.

For Italo Tiezzi, the most troubling outcome of his father’s internment is the three years his brother Silvio’s was forcibly separated from his father.

Photograph of Italian kindergarten class (asilo), Ottawa, 1938

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1938

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Italo Tiezzi

Photograph of Italian kindergarten class (asilo), Ottawa, 1938. Instructors were Ada Tiezzi Brandonio (back left) and Signora Mancini (back right).

Ada’s grandsons were in the class. Italo Tiezzi appears ninth from the left in the second row. Silvio Tiezzi is the third from the left in the front row.

Italo remembers that they were provided with Montessori toys by the Italian government. In addition to Italian, the children were also taught other subjects like mathematics.

Montessori refers to an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Until the mid-1930s, the Montessori educational approach was supported by the Italian fascist government.

Ada’s son, and Italo and Silvio’s father, Gino Tiezzi, was later arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state.

Photograph of Robert (Bob) Chiarelli’s baptism, 1942

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1942

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Italo Tiezzi

Photograph of Robert (Bob) Chiarelli’s baptism, 1942. From left to right: Eugenio Chiarelli, Rosa Tiezzi holding Bob Chiarelli, Silvio Tiezzi and Mary Asquini (Rosa Tiezzi’s sister). Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the photograph, Silvio Tiezzi acts as a stand-in for his father Gino Tiezzi, who at the time was interned as a threat to the Canadian state. Gino Tiezzi and his wife Rosa had been chosen by the Chiarellis to be their son’s godparents.

The godson of an enemy alien and internee, Bob Chiarelli became a Canadian politician for the Liberal Party. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, after which he served as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa until 2006. In August 2010, he was re-elected as a MPP and was appointed Minister of Infrastructure. On October 20, 2011 the role of Minister of Transportation was added to his portofolio.

Photograph of Italo Tiezzi holding wooden ship, 1941

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1941

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Italo Tiezzi

Photograph of Italo Tiezzi in 1941, holding a wooden ship made by an Italian merchant marine in Camp Petawawa, where his father Gino Tiezzi was interned. Italo named his ship Rosina after his mother.

Letters from the camps relate how many of the men occupied their time by carving wood. Many internees brought wooden objects home to their families, including mirrors, painted reliefs, jewellery boxes, serving trays and ships.

Other ship carvings made in camp have been noted in the video interviews. Frank Martinello still cherishes a bottled wooden ship his father Felice Martiniello brought home from camp. Alessandro Biffi remembers playing as a child with wooden rowboats his father Alberto Severo Biffi brought home.

Photograph of Carmine De Marco in military uniform, 1916

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1916

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Tony De Marco

Photograph of Carmine De Marco, dressed in Italian military uniform, 1916.

Carmine De Marco first came to Canada around 1902. Naturalized as a British subject in 1911, he returned to Italy to serve in the Italian military during World War I. De Marco fought with the Allies against the Germans, losing a brother in the war, who became a local hero. He married Antonia Scappatura from his village in Calabria in 1919 and returned to Canada soon thereafter.

Given his WWI service, De Marco served as the president of the Italian War Veterans Association (North Bay chapter). This organization became associated with fascist politics in the 1930s.

On June 10, 1940, Carmine De Marco was arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state.

Photograph of Antonia De Marco and nephew Dom Scappatura outside the De Marco family store

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Tony De Marco

Photograph of Antonia De Marco and her nephew Dom Scappatura outside the C. De Marco Confectionary, during the early 1940s.

Antonia was married to Carmine De Marco, who was arrested and interned on June 10, 1940 as a threat to the Canadian state. Two of her brothers were also arrested and interned –Frank and Vincent Scappatura.

At the time of her husband’s and brothers’ internment, Antonia had several nephews actively serving in the Canadian military. Pictured here is her nephew Dom, dressed in his military uniform. Dom served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, along with his brother Joe, who would die while on a mission over the Atlantic.

Photograph of Anthony De Marco at communion and siblings

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Tony De Marco

Photograph showing the the De Marco children in North Bay, ON. At the left, Anthony De Marco appears dressed for his Holy Communion. His sister Constance stands in the middle, and his brother Frank is standing at the far right. Given the children’s appearance, this photograph was likely taken in the late 1920s. The photograph is formatted as a postcard. From the writing on the back, it seems it was never mailed.

The Holy Communion is one of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. In the Italian immigrant tradition, it is celebrated as a rite of passage, and often is an occassion for a large gathering of extended family and friends.

About a decade later, the children’s father Carmine De Marco would be arrested and interned as a threat to the Canadian state.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outdoors on bench

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on a bench outside a structure, possibly a house. She has her legs resting across the bench with the right leg perched up and her right arm resting across the back of the bench. She is wearing a white short skirt, a collared shirt, a long sleeve sweater and sandals with socks. She has on dark coloured lipstick and is smiling at the camera. Around her are shrubs and trees and there are steps to her left leading up to the house.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with Santa Claus

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white portrait of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with Santa Claus. She is wearing a dark coloured knee length fur coat with a striped patterned muff. Peeking out from underneath her fur coat is a light coloured skirt or dress. She also has on a hat with a studded design. Toni is standing close to Santa Claus, smiling at the camera, and holding a light coloured rectangular bag. Santa Claus is sitting down on a white bench with one arm around Toni and the other touching her arm. He is also smiling at the camera. The backdrop is a decorative arch that frames them.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outdoors. She is standing in a grounds area which includes buildings in the background and lots of trees. There are people in the far background, and a lady in the near background to Toni’s right. The unknown lady appears to be dressed in white — a full length dress with a full skirt, long gloves, and a bonnet. Toni is wearing a white flower printed dress that is short sleeved and has buttons and a collar. It is mid-calf in length. Her accessories include a white hat with a black stripe around the short brim, drop earrings, and a small rectangular shaped purse. She is smiling straight into the camera. To Toni’s right is a fire hydrant.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband Patrick with friends at dinner table

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white group shot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and her husband Patrick with friends at a dinner table. Toni has her left arm around her husband’s neck and is smiling straight into the camera. She is wearing a white dress with a flower belt, and large stud earrings. Her husband is wearing a dark coloured suit with a striped shirt and a black tie. He is smiling with his eyes closed and has on reading glasses. The couple beside them is also smiling into the camera. The lady is wearing a white sleeveless dress with a brooche. She is holding a black small purse on her lap. The man beside her is wearing a dark coloured suit with a striped shirt, and a matching striped tie. He has his arm around his lady. Their table has plates with half-eaten food, a plate of bread, glasses, and several bottles. There are a lot of people in the background at other tables, which suggest that this is at a community event.

Patrick Ciccarelli walking across street

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Patrick Ciccarelli, Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s husband walking across a street. He is smiling at the camera. He is wearing black pants, black shoes, and a short sleeve white button top. He has something peeking out of his chest pocket, possibly glasses. There are people in the background, notably two ladies and a man. The building corner in the background shows a sign “The Royal Bank of Canada” indicating Patrick is in a busy city street.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and lady playing guitars

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with an unidentified woman playing acoustic guitars on the lawn in front of two brick houses. Toni is looking off-centre and smiling, while the woman smiles straight into the camera. Toni’s guitar is of a darker colour than the other lady’s. Toni is wearing a long white skirt and top, with a light jacket. The lady is wearing a light-coloured, printed dress.

Photograph of internee playing trumpet in winter scene

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

One internee in winter exterior playing a trumpet. It appears to be snowing, and he is positioned in front of a wood pile and other camp buildings. The photographer seems to be positioned within a building and is taking the shot through an open doorway.

This image may have been taken around the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0017.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph.

The location cannot be confirmed; it is likely either Fredericton Internment Camp or Camp Petawawa. Most of the other pictures in this collection were taken at Fredericton Internment Camp in Fall 1942 or Winter 1942/1943.

Although recreational activities were organized during downtime, internees were often lonely and bored.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of Osvaldo Giacomelli skating

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

An internee, who is likely Osvaldo Giacomelli, is skating on an outdoor ice rink. It seems to be a double exposure.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. The location cannot be confirmed. However, given the location of other images in this collection and the similarity of the buildings, it seems that the location is Fredericton Internment Camp (Fall/Winter 1942-1943) and not Camp Petawawa.

This image was likely taken around the same time of DICEA2011.0001.0016 and DICEA2011.0001.0024.

Internees were often lonely and bored. Recreational activities were organized during downtime. Internees watched films, read, played cards and chess. Sports such as hockey, soccer, baseball, and bocce were popular.

This photograph belongs to a collection compiled by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 11 internees; four are crouched in the front. All seem to be wearing heavier clothes suggesting the picture was taken in early spring or in the fall. An identification card reading “51” is positioned on the ground in the centre of the front row. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official. The back of the image contains a partial stamp for “CANADA INT-OP CENSORED” and the signatures of three internees: Nello Trasciatti (second standing from the right), Joseph Frascadore (second standing from the left), and a partial signature. Osvaldo Giacomelli is the first man standing on the right. Man standing in the middle seems to have a badge sewn in the centre of his vest which reads “EB” or “E8”.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of Osvaldo Giacomelli in front of camp vegetable garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Italian Canadian internee, Osvaldo Giacomelli, stands in front of camp vegetable garden. Camp guard tower is visible in upper centre background, as is a line of laundry. Given the informal setting, it is unlikely the picture was officially authorized. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0012, DICEA2011.0001.0013, DICEA2011.0001.0022, DICEA2011.0001.0028 and DICEA2011.0001.0029.

The location of the photograph is not conclusively known. However, given other photographs (see DICEA2011.0001.0001) it is likely that the picture was taken in Fredericton Internment Camp in 1943.

Internees were treated well by Internment Operations. The men note that they were fed three meals a day. However, internees also note that on first arrival camp food was intolerable. It was only when the Italian Canadian internees took over the camp kitchen, including the use of food grown in their own vegetable gardens, that the diet became appetizing. Breakfast included coffee, milk, oatmeal, bacon, fruit juice and eggs. Lunch could feature soup, meat and vegetables, and omelettes. Dinners alternated between meat or fish, with vegetables and pasta. Depending on the season, internees also received apples or a salad. Bread was included with all meals. They were also allowed parcels from home which often included Italian foodstuffs, including olive oil and fruit.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees seated on bench in vegetable garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Four internees seated on a bench in the camp vegetable garden. Camp guard tower is visible in upper centre background. Given the informal setting, it is unlikely the picture was officially authorized. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0012, DICEA2011.0001.0013, DICEA2011.0001.0022, DICEA2011.0001.0028 and DICEA2011.0001.0031. Man at the far right is Osvaldo Giacomelli.

The location of the photograph is not conclusively known. However, given other photographs (see DICEA2011.0001.0001) it is likely that the picture was taken in Fredericton Internment Camp in 1943.

Internees were treated well by Internment Operations. The men note that they were fed three meals a day. However, internees also note that on first arrival camp food was intolerable. It was only when the Italian Canadian internees took over the camp kitchen, including the use of food grown in their own vegetable gardens, that the diet became appetizing. Breakfast included coffee, milk, oatmeal, bacon, fruit juice and eggs. Lunch could feature soup, meat and vegetables, and omelettes. Dinners alternated between meat or fish, with vegetables and pasta. Depending on the season, internees also received apples or a salad. Bread was included with all meals. They were also allowed parcels from home which often included Italian foodstuffs, including olive oil and fruit.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees lined up against a building (close-up)

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Close-up of five internees lined up against a wall of a multi-storey building whose exterior is made up of studded wood planks. Two framed windows are visible. Nello Trasciatti is standing in the middle. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0019.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed; it is likely either Fredericton Internment Camp or Camp Petawawa. Most of the other pictures in this collection were taken at Fredericton Internment Camp in Fall 1942 or Winter 1942/1943.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees on skating rink

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Three internees on an ice rink. In the background, buildings are visible and poles with wiring.

This image was likely taken around the same time of DICEA2011.0001.0016 and DICEA2011.0001.0033.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed. However, given the location of other images in this collection and the similarity of the buildings, it seems that the location is Fredericton Internment Camp (Fall/Winter 1942-1943) and not Camp Petawawa.

Internees were often lonely and bored. Recreational activities were organized during downtime. Internees watched films, read, played cards and chess. Sports such as hockey, soccer, baseball, and bocce were popular.

This photograph belongs to a collection compiled by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of camp band in outdoor setting

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 13 internees; five are seated in the front row. Man standing at far left holding a clarinet (identified as Giuseppe Frascadore) is wearing shorts suggesting a summer timeframe. Most of the members of the band/orchestra are holding instruments including: trumpets, french horns, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, and mandolin. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks, with two visible framed windows. Internee Osvaldo Giacomelli, holding a french horn, is the third man standing from the left. Also identifiable is Antonio Di Pietro, seated second from the left.

Photograph is dated in black ink to “1943”. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. An identification card reading “A11” is positioned on the ground beside the internee seated at the far right. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official.

Several of the Italian Canadian internees were skilled musicians. At camp, they formed a band which entertained others by performing recitals. We also know that lyrics were composed by a few of the internees which specifically spoke about or referenced the internment experience. Instruments were provided by family members and by charitable organizations. Possibily Internment Operations also secured instruments for internees.

This photograph belongs to a collection compiled by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees in vegetable garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Three internees standing in the camp vegetable garden. Camp guard tower is visible in upper right background. Given the informal setting, it is unlikely the picture was officially authorized. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0012, DICEA2011.0001.0013, DICEA2011.0001.0028, DICEA2011.0001.0029 and DICEA2011.0001.0031. Man in the middle is Osvaldo Giacomelli.

The location of the photograph is not conclusively known. However, given other photographs (see DICEA2011.0001.0001) it is likely that the picture was taken in Fredericton Internment Camp in 1943.

Internees were treated well by Internment Operations. The men note that they were fed three meals a day. However, internees also note that on first arrival camp food was intolerable. It was only when the Italian Canadian internees took over the camp kitchen, including the use of food grown in their own vegetable gardens, that the diet became appetizing. Breakfast included coffee, milk, oatmeal, bacon, fruit juice and eggs. Lunch could feature soup, meat and vegetables, and omelettes. Dinners alternated between meat or fish, with vegetables and pasta. Depending on the season, internees also received apples or a salad. Bread was included with all meals. They were also allowed parcels from home which often included Italian foodstuffs, including olive oil and fruit.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees lined up against a building

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Four internees lined up against an exterior wall of a multi-storey building whose exterior is made up of studded wood planks. Four framed windows are visible. Nello Trasciatti is the second from the left. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0027.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed; it is likely either Fredericton Internment Camp or Camp Petawawa. Most of the other pictures in this collection were taken at Fredericton Internment Camp in Fall 1942 or Winter 1942/1943.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees in posed snowfight

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Five internees, with two crouched near the snow-covered ground and in the act of throwing large snowballs. Men are posed in front of a building with one framed window visible. Building seems to be made from studded wood planks. Nello Trasciatti is standing in the middle in the back.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed; it is likely either Fredericton Internment Camp or Camp Petawawa. Most of the other pictures in this collection were taken at Fredericton Internment Camp in Fall 1942 or Winter 1942/1943.

Although recreational activities were organized during downtime, internees were often lonely and bored.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees in camp holding kittens

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Two internees in winter exterior holding or handling one kitten each. Photographer seems to be positioned within a building and is taking the shot through an open doorway.

This image may have been taken around the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0035.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed; it is likely either Fredericton Internment Camp or Camp Petawawa. Most of the other pictures in this collection were taken at Fredericton Internment Camp in Fall 1942 or Winter 1942/1943.

Although recreational activities were organized during downtime, internees were often lonely and bored.

This photograph belongs to a collection owned by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees on a skating rink

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Two internees skating on an ice rink. In the background, buildings are visible and poles with wiring.

This image was likely taken around the same time of DICEA2011.0001.0024 and DICEA2011.0001.0033.

Internees were not allowed to have their own cameras in camp. However, it seems that Giacomelli or one of his campmates were able to secure such a camera, as this is clearly an informal photograph. Given the setting and subject, it was unlikley that the official government photographer was involved.

The location cannot be confirmed. However, given the location of other images in this collection and the similarity of the buildings, it seems that the location is Fredericton Internment Camp (Fall/Winter 1942-1943) and not Camp Petawawa.

Internees were often lonely and bored. Recreational activities were organized during downtime. Internees watched films, read, played cards and chess. Sports such as hockey, soccer, baseball, and bocce were popular.

This photograph belongs to a collection compiled by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1942

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 11 internees; five are standing on a birch bench in the back. All seem to be wearing heavier clothes and jackets. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks with two framed windows.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1942. Given comparisons to other photographs in this collection, this picture was likely taken in the fall at Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. Although no identification card is used, the formal setting suggests it could have been taken by a government official. The white “44” appearing in the image body in the lower right corner likely was introduced during photo processing.

Second from the far left in the back row is Rocco Perri, a notorious mobster from Hamilton, ON. Perri’s right hand rests on Osvaldo Giacomelli’s shoulder. In Perri’s case, it appears that the Canadian authorities used the War Measures Act to confine a known bootlegger, gangster and murderer, whom they had failed to convict under criminal law. Perri had no known connections to fascism. In fact, in the 1920s Benito Mussolini launched a brutal crackdown on the Italian mafia. He saw the illicit organization as a threat to fascism and his own power, and exiled or jailed thousands of suspected Siclian mobsters.

This photograph belongs to a collection compiled by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees with fascist berets

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(Signatures, in black ink, left side column):
Maravalle Luigi
W. Radermacher
LH Feldbaumer(?)
Sifriuppacasse(?)
A. Di Pietro
[Franco] Testa
(Signatures, in black ink, right side column):
[illegible]
Jos.[Giuseppe] Frascadore
Cocomile francesco
(Stamp, red ink, centre-left) []INT.OP []ENSORED
(Stamp, black ink, lower left corner) 47D
Recto:
(Hand-written, in black ink) 1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Triple row of 12 internees; three are crouched in the front and five are mostly obscured in the last row. Clothing suggests the picture was taken in spring or in the fall. An identification card reading “36” is positioned on the ground beside the internee crouched at the far right. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks with two framed windows. First man standing at the far left is believed to be Antonio Di Pietro; behind him to his left is Osvaldo Giacomelli (in the white sweater). This image is clearly taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0010.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official.

The back of the picture has the signatures of several men, including Italian-Canadian internees, one Italian merchant marine (Testa) and presumably German Canadian internees. In his letter Vincenzo Poggi notes that four of these individuals were part of the fascist component at Camp Ripples: Maravalle, Cocomille, Giacomelli, Di Pietro and Testa (see LDICEA2011.0017.0008).

Most of the men pictured are wearing berets, which are adorned with tassles, fascist insignia, and the saying “Me ne frego”, which translates to “I don’t give a damn”. Earlier articles on the subject used such symbols and other activity to imply fascist support by Italian Canadian internees. A recent review by anthropologist Sam Migliore in Beyond Barbed Wires: Essays on the Internment of Italian Canadians, notes the need to consider multiple-meanings when analyzing symbols. As he notes, “symbols of any kind are human constructions that have no meaning in-and-of themselves”. While wearing the berets may in fact suggest facist sympathy and support, it may also reflect group belonging and identity, or resentment for the internment experience.

Although the picture comprises a group of presumably fascist adherents, wearing fascist paraphenalia, it was not only likley taken by a government official but also reviewed by the Internment Operations department. Barely visible in red ink is presumably the stamp for “CANADA INT-OP CENSORED”.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees in vegetable garden with fascist banner

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Nine internees standing in the camp vegetable garden. Clothing suggests a summer timeframe as do the tomatoes hanging from the vines visible in the foreground. Camp guard tower is visible in left background. Given the informal setting, it is unlikely the picture was officially authorized. The photograph is also out of focus. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0012, DICEA2011.0001.0022, DICEA2011.0001.0028, DICEA2011.0001.0029 and DICEA2011.0001.0031.

The location of the photograph is not conclusively known. However, given other photographs (see DICEA2011.0001.0001) it is likely that the picture was taken in Fredericton Internment Camp in 1943.

Internees were treated well by Internment Operations. The men note that they were fed three meals a day. However, internees also note that on first arrival camp food was intolerable. It was only when the Italian Canadian internees took over the camp kitchen, including the use of food grown in their own vegetable gardens, that the diet became appetizing. Breakfast included coffee, milk, oatmeal, bacon, fruit juice and eggs. Lunch could feature soup, meat and vegetables, and omelettes. Dinners alternated between meat or fish, with vegetables and pasta. Depending on the season, internees also received apples or a salad. Bread was included with all meals. They were also allowed parcels from home which often included Italian foodstuffs, including olive oil and fruit.

The men are holding a banner which reads “Me ne frego”, which translates to “I don’t give a damn”. The motto is linked to Italian fascism, used by supporters of Mussolini. Earlier articles on the subject used such symbols and other activity to imply fascist support by Italian Canadian internees. A recent review by anthropologist Sam Migliore in Beyond Barbed Wires: Essays on the Internment of Italian Canadians, notes the need to consider multiple-meanings when analyzing symbols. As he notes, “symbols of any kind are human constructions that have no meaning in-and-of themselves”. While wearing the berets may in fact suggest facist sympathy and support, it may also reflect group belonging and identity, or resentment for the internment experience. In fact, “Me ne frego” and versions thereof are still used (although considered vulgar phrases). This modern usage is not linked to fascism or implied political affliliations.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees in vegetable garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Three internees standing in the camp vegetable garden. Clothing suggests a summer timeframe as do the tomatoes hanging from the vines visible in the foreground. Camp guard tower is visible in left background. Given the informal setting, it is unlikely the picture was officially authorized. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0013, DICEA2011.0001.0022, DICEA2011.0001.0028, DICEA2011.0001.0029 and DICEA2011.0001.0031. Man at far right is Osvaldo Giacomelli.

The location of the photograph is not conclusively known. However, given other photographs (see DICEA2011.0001.0001) it is likely that the picture was taken in Fredericton Internment Camp in 1943.

Internees were treated well by Internment Operations. The men note that they were fed three meals a day. However, internees also note that on first arrival camp food was intolerable. It was only when the Italian Canadian internees took over the camp kitchen, including the use of food grown in their own vegetable gardens, that the diet became appetizing. Breakfast included coffee, milk, oatmeal, bacon, fruit juice and eggs. Lunch could feature soup, meat and vegetables, and omelettes. Dinners alternated between meat or fish, with vegetables and pasta. Depending on the season, internees also received apples or a salad. Bread was included with all meals. They were also allowed parcels from home which often included Italian foodstuffs, including olive oil and fruit.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Internees – group photograph

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 14 internees in light spring/summer wear posing for photograph; 6 are seated in front row. An identification card reading “A18” is positioned on the ground in front of the internee seated at the far right. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0005.

The third individual standing from the far left is Nello Trasciatti; it appears he was the last Italian Canadian released from camp on July 6, 1945.

Photograph is dated in blue ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of internees with fascist berets

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 12 internees; five are crouched in the front. Clothing suggests the picture was taken in spring or in the fall. An identification card reading “37” is positioned on the ground in front of the internee crouched at the far right. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks with two framed windows. First man crouched at the far left is believed to be Antonio Di Pietro; crouched to his left is Osvaldo Giacomelli (in the white sweater). This image is clearly taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0014.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official.

Most of the men pictured are wearing a beret. The individual standing second from the far right is holding his beret. Visible on the side is the saying “Me ne frego”, which translates to “I don’t give a damn”. The motto is linked to Italian fascism, used by supporters of Mussolini. Earlier articles on the subject used such symbols and other activity to imply fascist support by Italian Canadian internees. A recent review by anthropologist Sam Migliore in Beyond Barbed Wires: Essays on the Internment of Italian Canadians, notes the need to consider multiple-meanings when analyzing symbols. As he notes, “symbols of any kind are human constructions that have no meaning in-and-of themselves”. While wearing the berets may in fact suggest facist sympathy and support, it may also reflect group belonging and identity, or resentment for the internment experience. In fact, “Me ne frego” and versions thereof are still used (although considered vulgar phrases). This modern usage is not linked to fascism or implied political affliliations.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of camp band orchestra

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 15 internees, all but 2 are seated with instruments. They are located within a building; most are seated on a low wooden stage with a theatrical backdrop. All seem to be wearing the camp uniform, a dark jean trouser with red stripe on both legs. All but one also seem to be wearing dark denim shirts which may be part of the camp uniform (unclear if red circle is on the back). Men (except one) are also wearing a white tie. Individual at far left is wearing a white dress shirt. All are shown in the act of playing their instruments including: violins or mandolins, trumpets, french horn, trombone, clarinet, drums, flute, cello, piano and double bass.

Photograph is undated; it could have been taken from 1940-1943. As a result, the location of the picture cannot be determined. Although there is no identification card used, the formal setting and formal pose suggests it was an authorized picture, likely taken by a government official. Further the back of the image seems to be stamped “11”. This image is clearly taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0006.

Several of the Italian Canadian internees were skilled musicians. At camp, they formed a band which entertained others by performing recitals. We also know that lyrics were composed by a few of the internees which specifically spoke about or referenced the internment experience. Instruments were provided by family members and by charitable organizations. Possibily Internment Operations also secured instruments for internees.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Photograph of camp band orchestra in outdoor setting

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 22 internees; 11 are seated in the front row. All seem to be wearing denim. All but two also seem to be wearing a white tie. Individual at far left seems to be the conductor. Most of the members of the band/orchestra are holding brass instruments including: trumpets, french horns, trombones, tuba, saxophone, clarinets, and flutes. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks, with exterior stairs visible indicating multiple floors. Given this contruction it is not a barrack or dormitory and may be a military building.

Photograph is dated in black ink to “194-” . Given the similarity of the setting and backdop to another dated image (DICEA2011-0001-0007), we can suggest a date of 1943 and the location of Fredericton Internment Camp. An identification card reading “73” is positioned on the ground beside the internee seated at the far right. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official. Further the back of the image is stamped “47C” in the lower right corner in black ink. Barely visible in red ink is presumably the stamp for “CANADA INT-OP CENSORED”.

Several of the Italian Canadian internees were skilled musicians. At camp, they formed a band which entertained others by performing recitals. We also know that lyrics were composed by a few of the internees which specifically spoke about or referenced the internment experience. Instruments were provided by family members and by charitable organizations. Possibily Internment Operations also secured instruments for internees.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outside house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
April 05, 1942

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing on the front steps of a brick house with a white doorway. She is wearing a black petticoat, black wide-brimmed hat, black gloves, and black lace up shoes. She is holding a wide, rectangular purse in her right hand and her left arm is held up touching the back of her neck. She has a fur stole wrapped around her shoulders. She is wearing dark coloured lipstick and is smiling into the camera.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on grass

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on a checkered blanket on the grass. She is holding up her legs which are propped up in front of her. She has on a large sombrero hat; it is light coloured with patterns. She is wearing a white headband and dark coloured open toe flat sandals. Her outfit is a short sleeve button up top with shorts. The background shows a metal fence, trees, and shrubs. She is smiling into the camera and is wearing her signature dark coloured lipstick. This was likely taken on the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0018.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband Patrick

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and her husband Patrick at an event. The couple is shown in full length with their arms around each other. They are smiling straight into the camera. Toni is wearing a light coloured printed dress with a full skirt and thick straps and strappy sandals. She has a decorative hairpiece on her head, round hoop earrings, a necklace, a watch, and a wristlet purse. She has on dark coloured lipstick. Patrick is wearing a suit with a striped tie, and dark coloured shoes. There are other people in the background including children, men, and a woman. It looks like they are in a hall.

Photograph of internees

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 9 internees; three are seated in the front. All seem to be wearing heavier clothes suggesting the picture was taken in early spring or in the fall. An identification card reading “48” is positioned on the ground beside the internee seated at the far right. The group is positioned in front of a building whose facing seems to be comprised of studded wood planks.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official. Further the back of the image is stamped “91C” in the lower right corner and “CANADA INT-OP CENSORED”.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sunbathing at the beach

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sunbathing at the beach. She is lying on a blanket on her stomach and looking up into the camera smiling. She is wearing a two piece light coloured and printed outfit: a halter bra and loose shorts. Her accessories include a white headband, a rectangular watch, and dark coloured round-rimmed sunglasses. She is barefoot and her dark coloured closed-toe shoes are on the blanket to the side. There is a magazine beside her as well.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli on a boat

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing on a small boat that is docked by the pier. She is wearing a light coloured blazer jacket, worn belted at the waist and over a printed dress. She has on dark coloured closed-toe shoes. She is wearing dark coloured lipstick with a white headband. She is smiling straight into the camera. The background shows boathouses and other building structures amidst trees.

Internees group photograph

MAKER
Government photographer(?)

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Double row of 13 internees in light spring/summer wear posing for photograph; 6 are seated in front row. An identification card reading “A21” is positioned on the ground beside the internee seated at the far right. This image was likely taken at the same time as DICEA2011.0001.0011.

Photograph is dated in black ink to 1943. As a result, this picture would have been taken in Fredericton Internment Camp, where the remaining Italian Canadian internees were transferred in July 1942. The identification card used suggests it was a formal picture taken by a government official.

This photograph belongs to a collection preserved by Italian Canadian internee Osvaldo Giacomelli. Previous to his death, he had spoken on the record about his internment to journalists and academics. Some suggestion has been made that Giacomelli was a fascist supporter and Mussolini-adherent. He was one of the longest-serving of the Italian Canadian internees, released on May 29, 1945. Giacomelli himself felt that he was wrongfully interned, and sued the Government of Canada in 2005. When Giacomelli died in March of 2006, his case was still unresolved.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at waterfall

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing at a small waterfall. She is wearing a white two piece outfit: loose-fitting shorts and a mid-riff halter top; a towel is hung over her shoulders. She is wearing dark coloured lipstick, round-rimmed dark sunglasses, white flower hair accessory, and a watch. She is posing with one hand waving and the other resting by her side. The background shows a bridge and trees framing the water fall. This was taken on the same day as DICEA2010-0001-0050.

Brigida Bassano in garden

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Brigida Bassano, mother of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli. She is wearing a dark coloured knee-length skirt with a button up short sleeve shirt. The shirt is striped but the pockets and sleeve cuffs are solid colours. Brigida is tending to some flowers in a garden and smiling at the camera. In the far background is a fenced area with a wagon (with a tent-like covering) and tall trees.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli lying on grass

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli lying on grass, possibly in a backyard. She is lying on a pillow and smiling into the camera. She is wearing a white and printed halter dress with a matching hair tie; she is barefoot. She is wearing a bracelet and a ring on her right hand. There is a lawnchair and a reclining lawnbed in the background. A wooden railing and steps, possibly leading up to a house, is also visible.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelii standing outside a wooden building structure, possibly a longhouse. Her hands are raised just above her touching the doorway. She is wearing a white skirt with a matching white short sleeve button shirt and white shoes. She is smiling into the camera.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s husband Patrick

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Patrick Ciccarelli, Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s husband. He is crouched on top of a wooden railing in a wooden, large gazebo-type structure. There are trees in the background. He is smiling straight into the camera. He is wearing dark coloured pants and shoes, with a button up long sleeve shirt. The sleeves of his shirt are rolled up to his elbows, revealing a watch on his left hand. He is also wearing a ring on his right hand. Sunglasses peek out from his shirt’s breast pocket. This was probably taken the same day as DICEA2010.0001.0047.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband Patrick

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
May 06, 1950

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and her husband, Patrick taken in May of 1950. It is a close-up photo showing the couple from the waists-up. They are holding hands and Toni’s arm is around her husband’s neck. They are facing the camera with big smiles on their faces. Toni is wearing a dark striped jacket, dark coloured gloves, and a black hat. She is also wearing dark coloured lipstick, a brooche, and earrings. Patrick is wearing a suit and light coloured tie. There are a few people in the background with their backs turned to the camera. A building, possibly a church, trees, and electricity poles are also in the background, suggesting that the couple is standing on a city street.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and cousin at Port Dalouise

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and her cousin are seated on a boat at Port Dalouise, St. Catharines, ON. The two are seated close to each other with the cousin’s arm around Toni’s shoulder. Both ladies are smiling into the camera. Toni is wearing pants, a white long sleeve button shirt, a checkered vest, and striped sandals. She is wearing dark coloured lipstick and her hair is out. Her cousin is wearing a dress with a belt and a striped suit jacket. The background is of Lake Ontario with trees and building structures in the far background. Another boat is closeby to the right.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on the grass smiling at the camera. She is wearing a dress with capped sleeves and a full skirt. Floral patterns dot the high collar and chest area of the dress. She is wearing dark tinted lipstick, round hoop earrings, a watch, and a hat. The building structures in the background look like houses and there is a white wooden fence to the left rear.

Group portrait of internees dressed up as The Hill Billies

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
1943

CREDIT LINE
The Giacomelli Family

Black and white photograph of internees in costume and with instruments at Camp Ripples in Fredericton, NB. A makeshift drumkit at the far righthand side of the image has the name “The HiLL BillieS” written on the front.

FLQ Crisis

MAKER
Frank Prazak

DATE
October 1970

CREDIT LINE
Frank Prazak / Library and Archives Canada

Colour photograph of a heavily armed and barricaded street in Montreal during the October Crisis of 1970. Citizens line the street and stand behind the barricade in the foreground and background of the photograph. In between the barricades are men in military uniform and military vehicles. The October Crisis was sparked by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). The events lead to the Canadian government invoking the War Measures Act.

Group photo at 28th grand convention of Order Sons of Italy

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1960

CREDIT LINE
Archives of Ontario, F 4378-1-27

Group portrait of members of the Order Sons of Italy. A banner behind the group reads: Welcome Order Sons of Italy 28th Grand Convention.

Italian immigrant sewer workers

MAKER
Department of Public Works

DATE
February 14, 1912

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Sub Series 59, Item 42

Black and white photograph of Italian immigrants working in the sewers under Marion Street in Toronto. The men are holding picks and appear to be digging underground to allow for the expansion of the sewer system. A variety of picks line the walls in the foreground of the image. A lit candle rests on the ground between the two men. Other unlit candles sit in nooks in the sewer walls.

Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 32 – Health Department photograph

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1913

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 32, Item 879

Black and white photograph of Italian women and children sitting in front of a house. The boy at the left takes a fighting stance and engages with the photographer.

Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 32 – Health Department photograph

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
January 24, 1916

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Sub Series 32, Item 404

Group portrait of women and small children seated around a table inside the Italian Mothercraft building located at 82-84 Gerrard Street West in Toronto.

Italian picnic, crowd scene

MAKER
Globe and Mail

DATE
August 01, 1932

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 27673

Black and white photograph of a crowd seated on bleachers at an Italian picnic in Toronto. A photographer can be seen in at the right standing in front of the bleachers. Another camera is set-up at the left facing the open field. At the far left background a group of men engaged in a game of tug-of-war are visible.

Italian picnic, women’s tug-of-war

MAKER
Globe and Mail

DATE
August 01, 1932

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 27670

Black and white photograph showing a group of women participating in a game of tug-of-war at an Italian picnic in Toronto, ON. A crowd watches the game in the background.

Mrs. Pieirina Gargarella and Mrs. Josephine Ciccone make tomato paste in their back yard. – [ca. 1936]

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1936

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8143

Black and white photograph of Mrs. Josephine Ciccone (at centre, 27 years of age) and Mrs. Pierina Gargarella (at right, 31 years of age) making tomato paste in their back yard located at 438 manning Avenue in Toronto. Both women hold spoons in their hands and attend to one of the large wooden boxes filled with tomato paste. The women wear white aprons and identical dresses which were bought at Eaton’s for 49 cents each.

Italian picnic organized by the Italian Mutual Benefit Society of Port Arthur, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1931

CREDIT LINE
Archives of Ontario, F 1405-21-47 MSR No. 2542.2

Black and white photograph of a large group of Italians at a picnic organized by the Italian Mutual Benefit Society of Port Arthur. Men, women and children are seated on the grass and on top of cars. A group at the back of the portrait hold up the flag of Ontario and the flag of the Kingdom of Italy.

Entry of Allied forces into Rome, Italy

MAKER
G. Barry Gilroy

DATE
June 04, 1944

CREDIT LINE
Lieut. G. Barry Gilroy / Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140135

Black and white photograph showing the Allied forces entering Rome on foot and in military vehicles. Crowds of Italian citizens stand at the right of the photograph to watch the men enter the city.

Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King speaking during the federal election campaign

MAKER
F.J. Skitch

DATE
ca. July 1926

CREDIT LINE
F.J. Skitch / Library and Archives Canada / PA-138867

Black and white photograph of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King addressing a crowd of supporters from his vehicle during the federal election campaign.

Military personnel and civilians celebrating V-E Day on Sparks Street

MAKER
Department of National Defence

DATE
May 08, 1945

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-114617

Black and white photograph showing military personnel and civilians celebrating the end of the war in Europe on Sparks Street in Ottawa, ON. A number of men and women fill and hang off of a vehicle driving through the street. Many are waving the Union flag as they celebrate. A man sits on the hood of the vehicle playing the bagpipes. Many bystanders watch as the vehicles pass by. The street is filled with paper and streamers from the celebration.

V-E Day celebrations

MAKER
Department of National Defence

DATE
May 08, 1945

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-114440

Aerial view of V-E Day celebrations in Ottawa, ON. Black and white photograph shows Canadian military men in uniform marching down a downtown street, while citizens line the street to watch. Streamers hang from buildings and litter the street along with pieces of paper in celebration of the end of the war in Europe.

Adolf Hitler

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
January 30, 1933

CREDIT LINE
Library and Archives Canada / C-016798

Grainy black and white photograph of Adolf Hitler addressing his supporters from a balcony in Germany. On January 30, 1933, in the absence of an effective government German president Paul von Hindenburg reluctantly agrees to appoint Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Hitler is to head a short-lived coalition government formed by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) and the the German National People’s Party (DNVP).

W.L. Mackenzie King, M.P., Leader of the Liberal Party

MAKER
Champlain Studio

DATE
April 15, 1922

CREDIT LINE
Champlain Studio / Library and Archives Canada / C-001978

Black and white studio portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie King. In December of 1921, Liberal leader King defeated Arthur Meighen and the Conservatives and was elected as Prime Minister of Canada. King’s first of three terms lasted from December of 1921 to June of 1926. This portrait was taken in New York City.

A family portrait of Italian Canadians

MAKER
Roberto Portolese

DATE
July 09, 2006

CREDIT LINE
Roberto Portolese / Columbus Centre of Toronto

180 degree panorama collage of Italian Canadians celebrating Italy’s 2006 World Cup win in Toronto’s Little Italy. The image is a composite of multiple photographs of Italian Canadians superimposed onto a panorama of St. Clair Ave. in Toronto.

Italian Canadians celebrating after Italy’s World Cup win, St. Clair Ave., Toronto, ON

MAKER
Roberto Portolese

DATE
July 11, 1982

CREDIT LINE
Roberto Portolese / Columbus Centre of Toronto

View from a rooftop of Italian Canadians celebrating Italy’s World Cup win in 1982. Hundreds of thousands of Italian fans filled St. Clair Ave. in Toronto in the largest post-war gathering of Italian Canadians.

Building of Villa Colombo Vaughan, Rooftop Ceremony

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
2005

CREDIT LINE
Columbus Centre of Toronto

Flag raising ceremony at the building of Villa Columbo in Vaughan, Ontario. From left to right the men are identified as: Rudy Trevisan (holding Italian flag), Project Manager, Toni Varone, Construction committee Volunteer Member, Mario Ferri, Councillor City of Vaughan, Ernie Rinomato, Construction Committee Volunteer Member, Jim De Gasperis, Chair Construction Committee, Pal Di Iulio, CEO Villa Charities, Sam Ciccolini, Construction Committee Volunteer Member, Mauro Baldassarra (holding Canadian flag),Construction Committee Volunteer Member.

Women and children prisoners at internment camp

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1914

CREDIT LINE
Library and Archives Canada / PA-170620

Black and white archival photograph showing women and children standing outdoors at a World Wa I internment camp in Abitibi, Quebec. The camp was known as Spirit Lake Internment Camp. A camp guard can be seen in the centre of the group. A small boy with a dog are visible at the top of the stairs at the right. Two barrack buildings are visible in the distance.

Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King leaving his office after a special emergency session of the Cabinet

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 03, 1939

CREDIT LINE
National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-130838

Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King leaving his office after a special emergency session of the Cabinet held shortly after the announcement of Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany. King is walking with a cane and holds his hat in his hand. A group of bystanders stand to the right on the lawn.

High-ranking officials of the Nazi and Fascist Parties

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
May 22, 1939

CREDIT LINE
Library and Archives Canada / PA-114781

Black and white archival photograph depicting Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess and other members of the Nazi and Fascist Parties after the signing of the Pact of Steel in Berlin, Germany.

A new life in a new land

MAKER
Glay Sperling

DATE
September 15, 1951

CREDIT LINE
Glay Sperling / Library and Archives Canada

Black and white photograph showing an Italian priest dressed in a black suit and wearing a hat answering the questions women and children who are on their way to join their husbands who immigrated prior and have been settled in Canada for a year. A man stands in the background observing this group of new immigrants.

Women workers of the Standard Overalls Company

MAKER
Ronny Jaques

DATE
March 1943

CREDIT LINE
Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada

Women workers of the Standard Overalls Company working at sewing machines, sewing large red circles on the jackets to be worn by Canadian internment camp prisoners. The original caption for the photograph reads: UNIFORMS FOR CANADA’S ‘GUESTS’ – MONTREAL – MARCH 1943. Prisoners of war held in several places in Canada are provided with comfortable clothing, including jackets, pants, summer and winter garments, shoes, gloves and all the personal equipment which they need. Picture taken in a Montreal factory whows (sic) a girl worker sewing large red circle on jacket. Material of jacket is blue denim.

German prisoners of war in an internment camp classroom

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
June 18, 1944

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-213872

Black and white photograph of German prisoners of war in a classroom at Camp 42 located in Sherbrooke, Quebec. A number of men are seated at wooden tables, while one man stands at the front of the class next to the chalkboard. The men seem to be dressed in the typical uniform issued in the internment camps. The red bulls-eye is visible on the back of their shirts. Nazi symbols have been placed on the walls above the blackboard.

German prisoners of war using the internment camp library

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
June 18, 1944

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-213869

Black and white archival photograph showing two German prisoners of war looking at books in the library at internment Camp 42 in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

An unidenified officer talking with a Japanese Canadian family during the internment of fishing boats, BC

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
December 10, 1941

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-134096

Black and white photograph showing an unidentified officer of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) speaking with a Japanese Canadian mother and child during the internment of fishing boats in British Columbia. The woman and child are standing in the doorway to a home or storefront. The RCNVR officer stands outside the doorway resting his foot on a large rock and is dressed in uniform. The officer and Japanese Canadian woman are smiling suggesting that this is a staged photograph.

Community kitchen at Japanese Canadian internment camp

MAKER
National Film Board

DATE
ca. 1943

CREDIT LINE
National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / C-024452

Black and white archival photograph showing the interior of the community kitchen at a Japanese Canadian internment camp located in Greenwood, BC. A number of women can be seen working and standing in the kitchen. There are also a number of children who seem to be waiting to eat their meal. In February of 1942 the Canadian government authorized the relocation and internment of Japanese Canadians. Roughly 700 Japanese Canadians were interned and more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly relocated.

Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet

MAKER
National Film Board

DATE
September 03, 1939

CREDIT LINE
National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / C-016770

Black and white archival photograph depicting Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet seated around a table while broadcasting messages to the Canadian people following the special emergency Cabinet meeting following Great Britain’s declaration of war. From left to right the men are identified as: Hon. Charles Gavan Power, Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Hon. Norman Rogers. Two microphone, one from CBC Radio, sit in the centre of the table. Prime Minister King is seen looking down at his notes. Canada followed Great Britain’s war declaration, with its own official declaration on September 10, 1939.

Italian Consulate Office being moved back on rolls, using horsepower, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
1913

CREDIT LINE
D’Angelo, Rocco / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091115

Black and white photograph depicting a group of men moving the Italian Consulate Office building. Two men are using a horse-drawn carriage to move the building. Another two men can be seen at the left of the image with shovels. A woman stands on a platform at the far right background overseeing the move.

Italian Consulate Office, 53-55 Agnes Street, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
1913

CREDIT LINE
D’Angelo, Rocco / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091113

Black and white photograph of the Italian Consulate building in Toronto, Ontario. The Consulate was originally located at 53-55 Agnes Street and in 1937 was moved to 136 Beverley Street in Toronto. A number of children seem to be standing in and around the front of the building.

Italian Canadians line up in front of the Italian Consulate for loaves of bread during WWI

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
ca. 1915

CREDIT LINE
D’Angelo Family / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091110

Black and white photograph depicting a large group of men posing for a photograph in front of the Italian Consulate in Toronto, Ontario. The men are waiting to receive loaves of bread during World War I. One man at the right of the image appears to be crouched down with a newspaper in his hands. A police office in official garb is standing at the left of the image overseeing the scene. The flag of the Kingdom of Italy hangs over building.

Italian Reservists living in Toronto, going to war, marching down Yonge Street, just below Gerrard Street

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
ca. 1915

CREDIT LINE
D’Angelo Family / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091105

Black and white photograph depicting a group of men marching down Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario. Two men lead the parade and a marching band can be seen in the centre of the image. The men, identified as Italian Reservists, are also carrying the flag of the Kingdom of Italy. People line the street on the left hand side of the image watching the parade go by. A group of children can also be seen at the left hand side of the image marching in the parade.

Italian Canadian Reservists preparing for the 1st World War, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
ca. 1915

CREDIT LINE
E. D’Angelo / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091101

Black and white photograph showing a large crowd of men standing outdoors in front of a building in Toronto, ON. The men have been identified as Italian Canadian Reservists who are preparing for World War I. The men hold onto small flags of the Kingdom of Italy, while larger flags can be seen drapped in the background.

Mayor Thomas Langton Church and Dr. Domenico Marino, Italian Consul

MAKER
Eugene D’Angelo

DATE
ca. 1915

CREDIT LINE
D’Angelo Family / Library and Archives Canada / PA-091096

Black and white photograph depicting Toronto’s mayor Thomas Langton Church (1915-1921), standing at centre, and Dr. Domenico Marino, Italian Consul, standing at left. The two men appear to be standing in front of a large group of men. The man to the right of Mayor Church stands at attention and is holding the flag of the Kingdom of Italy. Another man is holding the same flag and is visible at the far left of the photograph. The three men in the centre of the photograph hold their hats in their hands.

Italian picnic near the Humber River, Toronto, ON

MAKER
John Boyd

DATE
July 19, 1925

CREDIT LINE
John Boyd / Library and Archives Canada

Black and white photograph depicting a large group of Italian immigrants picnicking near the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario. The community members are gathered in large groups, either sitting or standing in the tall grass and under trees. One vehicle is visible in the far left background.

Italian track layers near Lock 4, Welland Canal

MAKER
John Boyd

DATE
April 17, 1914

CREDIT LINE
John Boyd / Library and Archives Canada / PA-061139

Aerial view of Italian migrant workers laying down tracks during the construction of the Welland Canal.

Italian stationmen on railway maintenance crew of CPR

MAKER
Frontier College

DATE
ca. 1920

CREDIT LINE
Frontier College / Library and Archives Canada / C-046161

Black and white photograph showing a group of men dressed in work clothes posing for the camera. The men are Italian immigrant workers completing railway maintenance on the Crowsnest Pass Railway – a part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).

Italians working in a rock cut

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1912

CREDIT LINE
Library and Archives Canada / C-046155

Black and white photograph of Italian immigrant workers cutting rock in British Columbia. Various shovels lay on the ground, while two of the men hold onto large hammers as they attempt to break through the rock.

Italians A group of workers; Canadian, American, Swedish, Italian and Scots in a C.N.R. construction campin a rock cut

MAKER
Frontier College

DATE
1913

CREDIT LINE
Frontier College / Library and Archives Canada / C-046150

Black and white photograph of a group of men standing outdoors on a bridge. The caption which accompanies the photograph reads: A bunch of boys in a British Columbia C.N.R. construction camp – Canadian, American, Italian, Swede, Scotch. They all testify that the Reading Camp Association is a “good thing.”

Immigrants – Russian, Lithuanian, Italian

MAKER
John Woodruff

DATE
1908

CREDIT LINE
John Woodruff / Library and Archives Canada / C-009799

Black and white photograph showing three men standing on a wooden platform outdoors. The men are facing the camera and appear to be on display as an example of various immigrants. The men are identified as being of Russian, Lithuanian and Italian origin.

Italian game (Bocce) takes place on Victoria Park

MAKER
Eric Lindsay

DATE
March 1966

CREDIT LINE
City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-859, Eric Lindsay

Black and white photograph showing a group of Italian Canadian men and one young boy playing a game of bocce in Victoria Park in British Columbia.

Women carrying placards protesting the sale of goods to the enemy

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-859, Eric Lindsay

Black and white photograph showing a group of women in Vancouver, BC, standing in the street carrying placards. The women seem to be protesting against the war and advocate for the boycott of Japanese, German and Italian goods.

Banchetto, 25 mo. Anniversario Fondazione Societa M.S.F. D’Italia Inc., Vancouver, BC

MAKER
Stuart Thomson

DATE
January 08, 1930

CREDIT LINE
City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-3812, Stuart Thomson

Black and white photograph depicting a large group of Italian Canadians celebrating the 25 year anniversary of the Societa M.S.F d’Italia Inc. in Vancouver, B.C. The community members are seated a long tables prior to starting their meal. The members look to the camera and one man at the far right foreground raises his glass to the cameraman. Streamers hang from the ceiling and the Italian and United Kingdom flags hang at the back of the room.

Italian arch at Hastings and Homer Streets, erected for visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 335

Black and white photograph of a white stone arch built in 1912 to celebrate the Royal Visit the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.

Nazi activities in Quebec

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives

Black and white photograph showing two men seated at sewing machines in Quebec. The men are sewing the nazi insignia onto the arms of uniforms. A box of nazi insignia is visible in the centre foreground. A row of completed uniforms is hanging in the background.

Nazi military drill

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives

Black and white archival photograph depicting a group of men in nazi uniform performing a military drill at 4040 St. Antoine St. in Montreal.

nazi meeting hall exterior

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1939

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives

A street view showing a snow covered street in Montreal. Three men are standing in the doorway of the Aviation Club (Club d’Aviation Canadien), which is one of the Nazi meeting halls in Montreal. The man in the centre is wearing an overcoat and a black hat. He is flanked by two younger men in black regalia. The nazi insignia is visible on the left arm of one of the men.

Adrien Arcand at desk making speech in uniform

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1930

CREDIT LINE
Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives

Black and white archival photograph of Adriend Arcand in mid-speech at his desk. A typewriter sits on the desk in front of him. The strong lighting casts a shadow behind Arcand, adding a dramatic feeling to the image.

Police raid on dopolavoro, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Globe and Mail

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 66766

Black and white press photograph depicting two plain-clothed police officer entering the dopolavoro in Toronto. The dopolavoro was a fascist recreational and social organization created in 1925 to challenge socialist cultural leagues in Italy. The purpose of the dopolavoro was to turn Italians into supporters of the fascist movement and find potential recruits for the fascio. However, many members joined for the leisure activities and not necessarily for the fascist politics. Though it was created in Italy, the dopolavoro was exported to countries where Italian communities existed. In Canada, the dopolavoro was overseen by Italian consular officials. In Toronto, the dopolavoro was run out of the Italian Consulate located at 136 Beverley St.

Arrest at Casa d’Italia, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Globe and Mail

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 66762

Arrest at Casa d’Italia, Toronto, ON

Maison d’Italie or Casa d’Italia while it is being raided

MAKER
The Gazette (Montreal)

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Gazette / Library and Archives Canada / PA-161458

Black and white press photograph of the police raid at the Casa d’Italia building in Montreal, QC. The photograph shows large crowds outside of the Casa d’Italia building, in the background at right.

Police raid on Casa d’Italia, Montreal, QC

MAKER
The Gazette (Montreal)

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Gazette / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140527

Black and white press photograph of the police raid at the Casa d’Italia building in Montreal, QC. The aerial view shows the large crowds outside of the Casa d’Italia building. A number of police officers in uniform and detectives in suits can be seen in the foreground. Two police buses that were used to transport the Italian Canadians arrested that day can be seen in centre of the image.

Police raid on Casa d’Italia, Montreal, QC

MAKER
The Gazette (Montreal)

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Gazette / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140525

Black and white press photograph of the police raid at the Casa d’Italia building in Montreal, QC. The photograph shows an Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer walking with a group of men in suits outside of the Casa d’Italia building. The man in the three piece suit walking on the right is likely Antonio Dieni, who was arrested on June 10, 1940. The RCMP officer is holding documents and carrying a briefcase of confiscated materials. Crowds of people can be seen in the background.

Police raid on Casa d’Italia, Montreal, QC

MAKER
The Gazette (Montreal)

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Gazette / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140521

Black and white press photograph of the police raid at the Casa d’Italia building in Montreal, QC. The photograph shows a police officer in full uniform standing next to a vehicle. A man, women and young boy can be seen sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.

Gardens at Myrtle Villa

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Toronto Star Archives/GetStock.com

View of gardens at Myrtle Villa, the estate of Italian Canadian businessman James Franceschini. The estate is located in what was formerly the Town of Mimico, now east Toronto. Franceschini purchased the estate in 1925 for $68,000 and renamed it “Myrtle Villa” in honour of his only daughter Myrtle. In 1940 Franceschini was arrested along with hundreds of other Italian Canadians and interned in Petawawa. During their internment the assets of most of internees were seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property. In Franceschini’s case the Custodian of Enemy Property seized Myrtle Villa and sold his show horses and the entire contents of his greenhouses. In 1950 Franceschini sold his estate to Longo Construction for $125,000. The estate has now been converted into an apartment complex. Heavy retouching is visible on the surface of this press photograph.

Exterior view of Myrtle Villa

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
Toronto Star Archives/GetStock.com

Exterior view of Myrtle Villa, the estate of Italian Canadian businessman James Franceschini. The estate is located in what was formerly the Town of Mimico, now east Toronto. Franceschini purchased the estate in 1925 for $68,000 and renamed it “Myrtle Villa” in honour of his only daughter Myrtle. In 1940 Franceschini was arrested along with hundreds of other Italian Canadians and interned in Petawawa. During their internment the assets of most of internees were seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property. In Franceschini’s case the Custodian of Enemy Property seized Myrtle Villa and sold his show horses and the entire contents of his greenhouses. In 1950 Franceschini sold his estate to Longo Construction for $125,000. The estate has now been converted into an apartment complex.

James Franceschini with leading seaman Max Hurley

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Toronto Star Archives/GetStock.com

Black and white press photograph of James Franceschini posing with leading seaman Max Hurley. There is evidence of retouching in the photograph, along with instructions for the printer. During World War II Italian Canadian businessman James Franceschini was interned in Petawawa, ON. The original photo caption reads: James Franceschini is shown as he presented a cheque for $2,500 for his fourth successive million cigarettes for the Overseas League (Canada) Tobacco fund. Receiving the cheque on behalf of the servicemen is Leading Seaman Max Hurley, instructor at H.M.C.S. York and former famed six-day bike racer.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
1940

CREDIT LINE
Toronto Star Archives/GetStock.com

Black and white photograph of then-Prime Minster William Lyon Mackenzie King giving a live broadcast on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio in 1940.

Petawawa internment camp

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
ca. 1940

CREDIT LINE
Toronto Star Archives/GetStock.com

Black and white photograph taken during the winter of the internment camp in Petawawa, ON. A barbed wire fence runs vertically down the centre of the image. Men can be seen walking through the gateway toward a parked truck. A barrack building can be seen in the left background, while a guard tower is visible in the centre background. During World War I the camp was used to intern enemy aliens from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In World War II German Canadians were the first to be sent to the camp in 1939. Italian Canadians followed in June 1940. The original photo captions reads: Prisoners lead their own lives: German songs ring out into the night from Petawawa internment camp. German is the language prisoners use as they go about their work of chopping wood. Whenever possible the men are allowed to follow their own trades or professions. Four men are elected to represent each of the huts occupied and through them guards transfer messages other than work command to the prisoners.

 Old Beardmore residence College

MAKER
Toronto Star Archives

DATE
ca. April 29, 1923

CREDIT LINE
City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 562

Black and white photograph of the old Beardmore residence located at 136 Beverley St. in Toronto, ON. The house was built by Chudleigh George Lissant Beardmore, a prosperous tanner, in 1871-72. In 1937 the building was purchased for use as the Italian Consulate. The building was known as the Casa d’Italia and became the meeting grounds for Italians living in Toronto. In 1939 the property was taken over by the Government of Canada and on June 10, 1940 police raided the building and arrested a number of men of Italian heritage. For almost twenty years the building was used as a barracks for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). In 1962 the Canadian Government returned the house to the Italian community as a training centre for immigrants and in 1977 the building again became the Italian Consulate.

Photograph of C. De Marco’s Confectionary

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1935

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Tony De Marco

Photograph of the storefront for C. De Marco’s Confectionery. The family-operated store was opened by Carmine De Marco in the late 1920s in North Bay, Ontario. The family lived behind the store.

Carmine De Marco had originally moved to North Bay to work on the railroad. Seeing the large Italian presence in the community, he decided to open up a store that would carry Italian goods, with the help of a brother. The De Marco family worked long hours from 7:00 am to midnight to make a success of the business.

On June 10, 1940, Carmine De Marco was arrested and interned. During this time, business slowed down. His son Anthony recalls that they would be lucky to gross $20 a day.

After his release and return home, the store once again prospered and grew. De Marco and his wife Antonia expanded and bought several other properties. After some time, the store became a popular hangout spot for teenagers.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outside house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outside a house. She is wearing a fur coat with a dark coloured outfit (either a two piece set or a dress). She is wearing a hat and strappy sandals. She is smiling straight into the camera. The brick house has a big white-framed window and a dark coloured door with a white frame. The little porch area has a chair. The landscape is almost bare, as there is no grass and only a small bush in the background.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on a wooden fence in front of a teepee. Toni is sitting reclined with her body angled sideways and her legs crossed. She is smiling straight into the camera. Toni is wearing a two piece light coloured outfit: a short sleeve button top with a knee-length skirt and white strappy wedge sandals. The background shows a field with trees and a building structure peeking from behind the teepee. A tree is shown cut off to the left side of the picture plane. There is a light brown staining throughout the photo: left side middle, top corner, and top center.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at beach

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at the beach. She is seated on a blanket and has two articles of clothing around her (a dark coloured item and a plaid item). Toni is wearing dark large sunglasses and dark lipstick. She is sitting reclined and faces the camera smiling. She is wearing a mid-thigh length dress. It has spaghetti straps and has striped details along the skirt hem and below the bust line. She is wearing closed-toe plaid shoes with white socks. There is a lady sitting a few feet away from Toni in the background; there are other people in the far background near the tall trees.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outside house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on the steps of a house. It is a brick house with a light coloured door. Toni is wearing a light coloured outfit: a long sleeve top with a skirt, a headband, and lace-up shoes. She is holding her knees together with her arms and sunglasses dangle from her right hand. She is smiling straight into the camera. The right side of her face in partly in shadow.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband, Patrick Ciccarelli, outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with her husband, Patrick Ciccarelli, sitting outdoors. They are sitting on a patterned blanket on the grass and he has his arms around her. Patrick is wearing a white short sleeved button shirt with dark coloured pants and shoes. Toni is wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, a white headband, and a short sleeve button dress. She is not wearing shoes. The couple is smiling at the camera. The background is of a fence and a wooded area. This was likely taken on the same day as DICEA2010.0001.34.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated in grass

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated in grass.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated outside house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 1941

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on a wooden fence outside a house, smiling at the camera. This picture was taken on the same day as pictures, DICEA2010.0001.0012 and DICEA2010.0001.0013, as Toni is wearing the same outfit. She is wearing a pin-striped suit jacket with a matching skirt, a white button shirt, a pair of leather gloves, a small hat, a large dark coloured handbag, and a knee-length coat. The background shows a brick house with white railings on the porch.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and unidentified woman outdoors

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni Ciccarelli) with an unidentified woman. The woman is hugging Toni from behind and they are both smiling into the camera. They are wearing similar outfits: a sleeveless light coloured top with patterns, high-waisted shorts with large white buttons on the side, and a large brimmed straw hats. Their hair is styled pulled back underneath the hats. They are shown from knee up. The background shows a tree amids tall grass and shrubs.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outside building

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outside a public building on the front steps. Toni is staring straight at the camera with a slight smile on her face. Her face is partly in shadow because of her large black hat. She is wearing a knee-length coat with a fur stole, dark coloured shoes, and a pair of gloves. There are groups of people in the background coming in and out of the building.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli outside a house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 1941

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli standing outside a house. This picture was taken on the same day as pictures, DICEA2010.0001.0012 and DICEA2010.0001.0016, as Toni is wearing the same outfit. She has on a pin-striped suit jacket with a matching skirt, a white button shirt, a pair of leather gloves, a small hat, and a knee-length coat. Toni is holding a large dark coloured handbag and is smiling into the camera. The house in the background appears to be part of a townhouse complex. The porch has white railings and there is a chain link fence that runs along the bottom of it. The steep tilted roof has narrow tall windows that jut out.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and sister outside a house

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 1941

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and her sister standing outside a house. Toni is on the left, wearing a pin-striped suit jacket with a matching skirt, a white button shirt, a pair of leather gloves, and a small hat. A knee-length coat is thrown over her shoulders and she is holding a large dark coloured bag. Her dark coloured shoes are a peep-toe design and has a flower detail. She is wearing dark lipstick and is smiling into the camera. Toni’s sister has a big smile on her face and stares directly into the camera. She is wearing a similar outfit to Toni’s but with more pronounced pin stripes. A white handkerchief is peeking out of her jacket’s breast pocket. She is wearing dark coloured shoes. The two ladies are standing at the front of a house porch with white railings and a chain link fence. See similar photos, DICEA2010.0001.0013 and DICEA2010.0001.0016.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting with group and holding daughter, Lorraine

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white group snapshot. Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli is in the foreground holding one of her daughters, Lorraine. Toni has her legs propped up and she is cradling Lorraine between her legs. Toni’s hair is done up in with a braid framing her crown; she is wearing a striped outfit that has spaghetti straps. She has no shoes on. Lorraine, also shoeless, is wearing a striped one piece outfit. Both Toni and daughter are smiling into the camera. In the left background, a woman is seated and is smiling at Toni and the child. A child is sitting beside this woman smiling at the camera. The group is sitting on a blanket in a grassy area. There are lots of trees in the background.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband Patrick Ciccarelli with friends at beach

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and husband, Patrick, with friends at the beach. There are three men and three women in the picture. The men are lying on their stomachs on a plaid blanket. The women are sitting on the men’s backs with their hands on the men’s shoulders. Toni and her husband, Pasqaule (Pat) are the couple in the middle. Everyone is smiling and staring straight into the camera except for the couple on the right. The women are wearing two piece swimwear with patterns and the men are shirtless and likely wearing swimtrunks. The setting shows a sandy beach with groups of people sunbathing in far background.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli seated on porch with two children

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white photo of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli sitting on a porch with two children. She is sitting on a wooden chair with a plaid coloured cushioned seat. She smiles straight into the camera and holds a child on her lap. Her right arm is embracing the second child who stands beside her. Toni is wearing a patterned dress with white strappy wedge sandals. The child, a girl, on her lap smiles into the camera and is wearing a light coloured crochet-type top with light coloured lace-up running shoes. The other child, possibly a boy, is wearing a striped top under a striped sweater with dark coloured shorts. He is wearing dark coloured socks with a pair of light coloured lace-up running shoes. To the left, a lady’s legs is shown slightly cut off camera. The lady is wearing a dark coloured plaid skirt or dress and dark coloured lace up shoes. The background is of a brick house with a dark coloured door accented by a white frame.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli and Patrick Ciccarelli in field

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli with her husband, Patrick Ciccarelli, sitting down in tall grass. His arms are embracing her and she is holding onto his arms. They are both looking into the camera smiling. They are positioned off centre to the left of the picture plane. The background is of a field with tall grass.

Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at beach

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white snapshot of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli at the beach. She is sitting reclined on a sandy hill with shrubs and bushes in the background. A corner of a house or building structure is shown in the far left background. Toni is wearing a polka dot handkerchief on her head covering her hair and dark round frame sunglasses. She is wearing a two piece outfit that is mostly white in colour and accentuated with coloured stripes. She is wearing strappy sandals and is smiling straight into the camera.

Portrait of Vincenzo Bassano

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
Unknown

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This is a black and white portrait of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli’s father, Vincenzo Bassano, who migrated to Canada from Italy in the early 19th century. Vincenzo Bassano migrated to Canada in 1909 in search of work. His wife and children joined him later on. He is shown from mid-thigh up, seated with his hands placed on top of each other. He is wearing a newspaper boy cap, a suit with a white shirt and a striped tie. He looks off camera and his expression is emotionless.

Portrait of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

MAKER
Connaught Studios

DATE
1936

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli

This hand-tinted photograph is a portrait of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli. She is shown from the chest up and is wearing a brown outfit with buttons. She is smiling and stares off-centre past the camera. The studio signature is visible in the bottom right corner.

Portrait of Vincenzo Poggi

MAKER
Connaught Studios

DATE
1919

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Portrait of artist Vincenzo Poggi at 19 years old in Milan, Italy. Poggi is seen seated on an ornate couch, reading the French magazine, La Vie Parisienne and smoking a cigarette in his studio.

Portrait of Jeanette

MAKER
Vincent (Vincenzo) Poggi

DATE
1939

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Portrait of Jeanette seated on top of a desk in Vincenzo Poggi’s Montreal studio. This photograph was most likely taken by Poggi the year before he was interned. Jeanette and Vincenzo Poggi married after his return from the prisoner of war camp. Mounted on the wall behind Jeanette are a number of pieces of art. The painting at the very top was done by Vincenzo Poggi earlier in his career. This black and white photograph of Jeanette is very similar to a painting Poggi made of his wife after the war.

Vincenzo Poggi and son in studio

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1950

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Black and white photograph depicting artist Vincenzo Poggi working at his desk in front of a window at his studio in Montreal, Quebec. His young son Maurice Poggi is standing beside his father observing him work. In the left background a model for a stained glass window is visible sitting on an easel.

Ship crossing Atlantic for Halifax

MAKER
Vincent (Vincenzo) Poggi

DATE
ca. February 1929

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(top, handwritten in black pen) [in Italian] Tempesta sul mare a 200 miglia da / Halifax sull’Ascania. Febbraio. 1929.
(bottom right, stamp in purple ink) C44
Recto:
(top, handwritten in red pen) Tempete traversé Cherbourg Halifax 1929. [illegible]

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Snapshot of a ship crossing the Atlantic ocean headed toward Halifax. Photograph was taken by artist Vincenzo Poggi while he was aboard the Ascania, travelling from Cherbourg, France to Halifax, Nova Scotia in the late 1920s. The date on the photograph is February 1929, however records at Pier 21 indicate this ship did carry passengers to Halifax in 1929, but did so in 1928 and 1930. The photograph itself shows the ship crashing through rough waters, with a wave visible on the left. Two lifeboats are visible at the right.

Vincenzo Poggi’s studio

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. February 1929

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(top, handwritten in pencil) [illegible] Maison sur la Rue St. Catherine West. 4789
(top right, handwritten in pencil) 9
Recto:
(bottom, handwritten in red pen) Studio V. Poggi 4789 Rue St. Catherine. Westmount. 1948-1970

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Exterior view of the studio of artist Vincenzo Poggi. The studio was located at 4789 Rue St. Catherine, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec. Poggi used the studio from 1948-1970. The studio can be seen at the right hand side of the photograph on a hilltop. Two flights of stairs lead from street level to the studio. The studio was located next to a large building.

Studio Nincheri

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1930

INSCRIPTIONS
Verso:
(top left, handwritten in black pen) 1 Nincheri / 2 Poggi / 3 Roy / 4 Dietrich / 5 Courval / 6 Loiselle / 7 Maugeau / 8 Laberge / 9 Gabriel Nincheri / 10 Francesco
(centre, handwritten in pencil) 100
(left side, handwritten in black pen) Studio Nincheri 1930
Recto:
(top centre, handwritten in red pen) Montreal
(top right, handwritten in red pen) Studio Nincheri 1920
(centre, handwritten in black marker over the head of each individual) 3 8 7 1 6 9 5 4 / 2 10
(bottom centre, handwritten in red pen) *

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Outdoor group portrait of artist Guido Nincheri and members of his studio. The photograph was taken around 1930 in Montreal, Quebec. Guido Nincheri is standing at the centre of the portrait and is wearing a white smock. Fellow artist and internee Vincenzo Poggi in seen kneeling in the front row, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt. A window is seen at the far left and a door at the far right.

Portrait of Leonardo Frenza

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
September 22, 1929

CREDIT LINE
With the permission of the Poggi family

Studio portrait of Leonardo Frenza. Leonardo is sitting on a low wooden stool with his legs crossed. He is holding a newspaper over his knees and is looking directly at the camera. Curtains are covering a window at the far left of the image.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frenza, Montreal, QC

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1945

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the family of Leonardo Frenza

Black and white photograph of Leonardo Frenza and his wife standing outside of a building in Montreal, QC. Leonardo is looking directly at the camera and smiling, while his wife looks off camera distracted.

Leonardo Frenza, Montreal, QC

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1942

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the family of Leonardo Frenza

Snapshot of Leonardo Frenza walking down a street in Montreal, QC. A streetcar can be seen in the distance and a 1940s vehicle is parked next to the curb at the right hand side of the image.

Portrait of Leonardo Frenza and daughter Antonia (Ninetta)

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
April 1942

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of the family of Leonardo Frenza

Black and white photograph of Leonardo Frenza and his oldest daughter Antonia (Ninetta) near their home on Cartier St. in Montreal, Quebec. The photograph was taken in April 1942, just one month after Leonardo was released from his internment.

John Edward De Toro in front of the Colony Theatre, Toronto, ON

MAKER
Unknown

DATE
ca. 1946

CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of John Edward De Toro

Black and white photograph of John Edward De Toro in front of the Colony Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The movie theatre was designed by architects Kaplan & Sprachman and was located on Eglinton Ave. It was closed down in 2002, although its facade still exists. A portion of the theatre’s sign can be seen on the right-hand side of the image. A 1940s vehicle is seen parked on the street at the left. During World War II, John Edward and his father faced discrimination for being of Italian heritage.

Round up of Italian Canadian men in Windsor, ON

MAKER
The Windsor Star

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
The Windsor Star

Black and white photograph of a line-up of Italian Canadian men. Two police officers are pictured observing the men. The men are line-up outside and appear to be walking into a building, perhaps the local jail. A police vehicle can be seen at the far left. On June 10, 1940 the Windsor Police raided local Italian Canadian establishments and arrested a number of men of Italian heritage. Thirty-five men from Windsor were eventually interned.

Round up of enemy aliens in Windsor, ON

MAKER
The Windsor Star

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
The Windsor Star

Black and white photograph of police officers holding a jacket featuring “The Blue Shirts of Canada” badge, as well as other confiscated items. In February 1934 Montreal journalist Adrien Arcand formed the Parti National Social Chrétien (Canadian National Socialist Unity Party). Party members were known by some as “The Blue Shirts” and were often involved in altercations with immigrant or minority groups. Beginning at the end of May 1940 police began to arrest men who belonged to the National Unity Party. These men were eventually interned with Italian Canadian men accused of being fascists at internment camps throughout Canada.

Round up of Italian Canadian men in Windsor, ON

MAKER
The Windsor Star

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
The Windsor Star

Black and white photograph of a line-up of Italian Canadian men. A police officer is pictured checking the pockets of one man’s jacket. The men are line-up outside of a building and in the background other police officers can be seen in the doorway of the building. On June 10, 1940 the Windsor Police raided local Italian Canadian establishments and arrested a number of men of Italian heritage. Thirty-five men from Windsor were eventually interned.

Confiscation of enemy alien property in Windsor, ON

MAKER
The Windsor Star

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
The Windsor Star

Black and white photograph of police officers confiscating property at a local Italian Canadian establishment in Windsor, Ontario. On June 10, 1940 the Windsor Police raided local establishments and arrested a number of men of Italian heritage. Thirty-five men from Windsor were eventually interned.

Round up of enemy aliens in Windsor, ON

MAKER
The Windsor Star

DATE
June 10, 1940

CREDIT LINE
The Windsor Star

Black and white photograph of two police officers holding jackets featuring “The Blue Shirts of Canada” badges. In February 1934 Montreal journalist Adrien Arcand formed the Parti National Social Chrétien (Canadian National Socialist Unity Party). Party members were known by some as “The Blue Shirts” and were often involved in altercations with immigrant or minority groups. Beginning at the end of May 1940 police began to arrest men who belonged to the National Unity Party. These men were eventually interned with Italian Canadian men accused of being fascists at internment camps throughout Canada.