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Clip taken from oral history conducted with Providenza Crisanti. In this oral history clip, Providenza and her eldest son, Paul J. Crisanti, talk of the Crisanti Produce Company's history as a wholesaler in Pittsburgh, Pa. In addition, they also…

Clip taken from oral history conducted with Providenza Crisanti. In this oral history clip, Providenza recounts the hardships she endured on her trip from Italy to America, her first impressions of Pittsburgh and her responsibilities as an…

Clip taken from oral history conducted with Providenza Crisanti. In this clip, Providenza recounts how she was first introduced to her future husband, Frank Crisanti. In addition, Providenza also relates how she was able to distinguish him as…

Clip taken from oral history conducted with Providenza Crisanti. In this clip, Providenza speaks of the roots of the Crisanti Produce Company and how her husband came to be a part of this fledgling company in Pittsburgh.

Crisanti Produce Company receipt book

Frank and Providenza Crisanti with family in 1936.

Frank Crisanti with family's produce wagon in Pittsburgh, Pa. Upon his immigration from Sicily to America in 1908, Crisanti joined his relatives and began peddling fruits and vegetables in the streets of Pittsburgh.