Here is a collection of 27 rare photos that show everyday life of Italians in the late 19th century and early years of the 1900s.
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| Naples in the 1870s |
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| The Tevere before the embankment, looking towards Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's, Rome, ca. 1880s |
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| Women washing clothes in Fondi, 1898 |
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| Castel San Vincenzo, Isernia, 1898 |
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| A day out in the Roman countryside, Lazio, 1899 |
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| Italian children in fancy dresses, ca. 1890s |
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| Musicians in Sedico, ca. 1890s |
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| Two Italian ramblers, ca. 1890s |
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| Boat trip in the Trieste Gulf, July 1900 |
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| Two men on horseback, somewhere in Italy, 1900 |
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| Women in Ciociari costumes, Veroli, circa 1900 |
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| Christening in Novara, 1902 |
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| Rome in 1903 |
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| Trajan's Column, Rome, 1903 |
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| A couple in Florence, 1905 |
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| Children in Tricesimo, 1905 |
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| Devil's Bridge in Cividale, 1905 |
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| A man kisses his 6-year son, Novara, 1908 |
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| An Italian couple in Naples, ca. 1900s |
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| Girl at home in Demonte, Piedmont, ca. 1900s |
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| Girl at home in Demonte, Piedmont, ca. 1900s |
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| Girl from Demonte, Piedmont in the early 1900s |
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| Girl from Demonte, Piedmont in the early 1900s |
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| People in Belluno, ca. 1900s |
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| Women at beach, Veneto, ca. 1900s |
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| Women on train, Trieste Centrale Station, ca. late 1900s |
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| Women washing clothes in Alatri, ca. 1900s |



























