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Maria and Frank D'Agostini - Frank on the Saturnia en route to Canada.JPG
In 1958 Frank D'Agostini boarded the ship Saturnia in Naples, sailed to Halifax. There he boarded a train for Toronto where he then continued, on a connecting train, to his final destination, Sarnia, Ont.

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An advertisement indicating the promoting and describing "Macaroni" (Pasta). This indicates that as early as 1901 this small store in Sarnia, began to sell Italian products.

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Homes Foundry placed advertisements in northern Italy in the 1920's to recruit foundry workers. 10 to 15 families arrived and were housed in row housing on Berkley Street, near Holmes Foundry. Neither Holmes Foundry nor Berkley exist any longer. …

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This employee pass for this Italian immigrant labourer and his wife, who lived in Sarnia. He had been employed by the Canadian National Railway prior to 1939.
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