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                <text>Voyage towards the future: Frank D'Agostini  on the  ship Saturnia, en route to Canada</text>
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                <text>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. </text>
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                <text>February 1958</text>
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                <text>Work opportunities in Sarnia-Lambton:  Advertisement  for Italian food. </text>
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                <text>An advertisement for Italian products (Macaroni) in Sarnia Observer.</text>
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                <text>1901 Advertisement for "Macaroni"  (Known today as Pasta)       </text>
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                <text>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.  </text>
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                <text>The Observer (Today called the Sarnia Observer)</text>
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                <text>This was derived from microfilm of the local Sarnia paper, found in the Sarnia Public Library.   It was found by high school students who volunteered to assist with the historical project of 1988-1991.   The project was a physical pictorial exhibit realized by the Italo-Canadian Cultural Club of Sarnia-Lambton in 1989.  The collection was expanded for the publication of "One by One...Passo dopo passo...   History of the Italian Community in Sarnia-Lambton" in 1991.  </text>
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                <text>Work opportunities in Sarnia-Lambton:  Workers at Holmes Foundry in Sarnia. </text>
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                <text>1920's.</text>
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                <text>Workers at Holmes Foundry in Sarnia.  A number of Italian families arrived in the 1920's to work at Holmes Foundry. They had responded to an advertisement in Northern Italy whereby Holmes Foundry requested "foundrymen". Holmes foundry was in need of this specialized workforce.</text>
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                <text>In the 1920's Holmes Foundry recruited Italian foundry men from Italy to work at the Sarnia factory. </text>
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                <text>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.   </text>
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                <text>Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mezzatesta's 1939 pensioned Employee pass from the Canadian National Railway. </text>
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                <text>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. </text>
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                <text>Canadian National Railways   Grand Trunk Railway system.  </text>
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                <text>The photograph was donated by the Mezzatesta family for the historical project of 1988-1991.   The project was a physical pictorial exhibit realized by the Italo-Canadian Cultural Club of Sarnia-Lambton in 1989.  The collection was expanded for the publication of "One by One...Passo dopo passo...   History of the Italian Community in Sarnia-Lambton" in 1991.  </text>
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                <text>The photograph was collected c.1988 to 1990. The rights were given by the Mezzatesta family to the Italo-Canadian Cultural Club of Sarnia-Lambton.  In 2016 the rights of this collection was  transferred to Italian-Canadian Archives Project (ICAP). </text>
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