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Catalog Number P0045_033
Collection North End Neighborhood Collection
Date 1937
Description Group photo includes Uncle John Paganelli and Dad (Giuseppi Pirini) in back row. Portsmouth, NH. Scanned image. Original was returned to owner.
The Pirini family came to Portsmouth from Villalta, a small village just west of Cesenatico, on the northeast coast of Italy. The mother, Teresa Brighi, was a housewife and the father, Giuseppe Pirini, worked at several jobs in the area. He worked on the bridge at Dover Point, for the Portsmouth W.P.A., as a blacksmith at the stone quarry on Wentworth Road, as a maintenance man at the shoe shop, and as a blacksmith at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. His last job before he retired was at the shoe shop again.
Object Name Print, Photographic
Print size 8" x 10"
Search Terms North End Neighborhood (P0045)
Italian Club (Portsmouth)
Wentworth Road Quarry (Rye, NH)
Subjects Organizations
Italian-Americans
Immigrants
Clubs
People Pirini family
Pagonelli, John
Pirini, Giuseppe