Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Italian American Citizens Club, Colma, c. 1920-1945 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Italian American Citizens Club, Colma, c. 1920-1945. Black-and-white, approximately square photo depicting a man on a narrow stage, holding an accordion and with a microphone in front of him. Behind him is a large poster reading "Citizen of the Year," with two American flags hanging sideways below it, and below that a partially-obscured poster or banner reading "ITALIAN AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB DALY CITY COLMA." In the bottom foreground are the heads and shoulders of three people: a woman in each corner and a young man to the right of center. |
Date |
c. 1920-1945 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
1981.082A.022 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Place |
Colma, CA |
Provenance |
A large collection of photographs dealing with Italian Americans in San Mateo County. Possibly once displayed in donor's Daly City restaurant. |
Notes |
The Italian-American Citizens' Club was founded in South San Francisco in December 1916 as a response to anti-Italian immigrant prejudice and discrimination. "During the early ‘20s, the few members of the IACC sought to recruit Italians to become citizens, taught English to small groups in their homes, and began seeing a growing voting membership. In the late ‘20s through the mid-‘30s, the club was respected to the point that school, city, Sheriff and county candidates for office would appear before the membership hoping for their support. The social events, which were open to the community, included dinners, picnics, the sponsoring of a soccer team and two parades per year." [http://www.everythingsouthcity.com/ssf-italian-american-citizens-club-continues-100-years-anniversary-celebrations/ 10/26/2018] |
Search Terms |
Colma Daly City Immigrants Italian Americans Italians Organizations South San Francisco Spadarella, Frank |
Subjects |
Awards Citizenship Clubs Immigrants Organizations |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Frank Spadarella |