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 |