Women harvesting wheat in Italy

Title

Women harvesting wheat in Italy

Subject

Italy, Vince Sirianni

Description

Women harvesting wheat in Spigno Saturnia, Italy. In addition to preparing meals and managing their homes, Italian women living in small paesi (villages) would often harvest wheat for their families.  This harvested wheat was then taken to a mulino(wheat grinding mill) such as that run by Vince Sirianni's grandfather.  As Vince relates in the oral history clip associated with this photograph, mulino owners would then return the ground wheat to their fellow paesani.

Creator

Lina Parente

Source

Photographs (2) of Lina Parente and Spigno Saturnia and negatives (2) of wheat harvesting and a wedding in Italy, 1995.0286, Italian American Collection, Library & Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center

Date

n.d.

Relation

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Format

Jpeg

Language

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Type

Image

Identifier

1995_0286_i01

Coverage

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Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

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Files

1995_0286_i01.jpg

Citation

Lina Parente, “Women harvesting wheat in Italy,” Paesani di Pittsburgh, accessed March 28, 2024, https://paesanidipittsburgh.omeka.net/items/show/37.