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The Golden Age for San Francisco’s Italian Colony
La Nostra ColoniaNickolas MarinelliIf ever there was a “Golden Age” for San Francisco’s Italian Colony, the year 1911 would undoubtedly be the quintessential example of that grand and magnificent period.
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Maccheroni e Cioccolato
La Nostra ColoniaNickolas MarinelliIt was in 1891, at the age of twenty, that Domenico De Domenico left his home in Santa Lucia, near Messina, Sicily and immigrated to the United States.
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L’usignolo Fiorentino Luisa Tetrazzini
La Nostra ColoniaNickolas MarinelliLuigia Giuseppa Assunta Maria Pierina Tetrazzini was born on June 29, 1871 at 3 Via dei Renai in Florence. Her father was a military tailor who was not at all...
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The Golden Age for San Francisco’s Italian Colony
San Francisco History Center, SF Public LibrarySavoy Theater, circa 1911.Nickolas MarinelliJanuary 6, 2010If ever there was a “Golden Age” for San Francisco’s Italian Colony, the year 1911 would...
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Maccheroni e Cioccolato
BOGMOL - RON (Flickr) In the early 1960s, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was bought by the Golden Grain Macaroni Company which moved headquarters to San LeandroNickolas MarinelliApril 7, 2011 It was...
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Cavalier Andrea Sbarboro
Italian Swiss Colony WarehouseNickolas MarinelliMay 26, 2011 Born in Acero in the province of Genoa on November 26, 1839, Andrea Sbarboro first came to the United States in 1842 as a toddler. He grew...
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Il primo presidente della Bank of Italy
The old Bank of Italy in San FranciscoNickolas MarinelliApril 14, 2011 Now that spring has sprung, the Italian Cemetery in Colma has once again begun to offer Italian Heritage Tours of their grounds....
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L’usignolo Fiorentino Luisa Tetrazzini
Lucia Tetrazzini signs on Christmas Eve 1910 in the streets of San FranciscoNickolas MarinelliDecember 29, 2012Luigia Giuseppa Assunta Maria Pierina Tetrazzini was born on June 29, 1871 at 3 Via dei...
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L'uomo Carlo Dondero
Nickolas MarinelliJuly 28, 2011 In a recent column, we reprinted an open letter written by Carlo Dondero, which originally appeared in The San Francisco Call in 1903. The letter was written in response...
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La nostra lingua
Nickolas MarinelliAugust 11, 2011 I spend a considerable amount of time walking through North Beach. It’s San Francisco’s “Little Italy” and ground zero for our cultural and historical heritage....
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The Golden Age for San Francisco’s Italian Colony
San Francisco History Center, SF Public LibrarySavoy Theater, circa 1911.Nickolas MarinelliJanuary 6, 2010If ever there was a “Golden Age” for San Francisco’s Italian Colony, the year 1911 would...
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Maccheroni e Cioccolato
BOGMOL - RON (Flickr) In the early 1960s, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was bought by the Golden Grain Macaroni Company which moved headquarters to San LeandroNickolas MarinelliApril 7, 2011 It was...
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Cavalier Andrea Sbarboro
Italian Swiss Colony WarehouseNickolas MarinelliMay 26, 2011 Born in Acero in the province of Genoa on November 26, 1839, Andrea Sbarboro first came to the United States in 1842 as a toddler. He grew...
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Il primo presidente della Bank of Italy
The old Bank of Italy in San FranciscoNickolas MarinelliApril 14, 2011 Now that spring has sprung, the Italian Cemetery in Colma has once again begun to offer Italian Heritage Tours of their grounds....
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L’usignolo Fiorentino Luisa Tetrazzini
Lucia Tetrazzini signs on Christmas Eve 1910 in the streets of San FranciscoNickolas MarinelliDecember 29, 2012Luigia Giuseppa Assunta Maria Pierina Tetrazzini was born on June 29, 1871 at 3 Via dei...
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L'uomo Carlo Dondero
Nickolas MarinelliJuly 28, 2011 In a recent column, we reprinted an open letter written by Carlo Dondero, which originally appeared in The San Francisco Call in 1903. The letter was written in response...
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