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• At Beecher Street School, whose student body consists of half Americans of Italian descent and half of Americans of Polish descent, Southington, Conn. The Queen of the May was Emily Schwak, of Polish extraction; the King, Philip D'Agostino, of Italian (L

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity, Southington, Connecticut. He saved enough money for boat passage to this country. Today, after 22 years, he is one of the world's outstanding flori-culturists, developer of the famous

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• Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it (LOC)

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• Street scene, with building of the Southington News, Southington, Connecticut (LOC)

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• An American town and its way of life, Southington, Conn. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground.

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• The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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