Description: Stereoview photograph of pedestrians on the plaza outside the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy, ca. 1898. The Basilica, also known as Saint Mark's Basilica, was consecrated in 1094 and completed over the next several centuries. It is one of the most well-known of Venice's churches. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03907
Subjects: Venice (Italy); Other--Non Ohio; Tourists
Places: Venice (Italy)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Religious Festival in Little Italy, Cleveland." A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_001_001
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio); Religious festivals
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harry Pepon (right) and an unidentified member of his crew in Italy, 1944. Pepon was born in Hilliard, Ohio, and served as a bombardier on a B-17 crew stationed in Italy during World War II. His plane was hit by enemy fire on its first mission to bomb a German refinery. The plane went missing and the crew was presumed dead. After the war, debris from the plane was found in Yugoslavia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07528
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Aircraft accidents; Air pilots; Military uniforms; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Italy
 

Description: Four (4) women and two (2) men sitting on a beach in Italy, with people and buildings in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_B
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Women; Beaches; Buildings; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American general officer in the United States Air Force and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, outside on a porch in Italy. Two (2) men and one (1) woman are near the building behind him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_G
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Davis, Benjamin O.; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Women; People; Porches; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Reverse reads: "'Religious Festival in Little Italy, Cleveland' A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_022_001
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio); Religious festivals
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bernard S. Proctor, one (1) other man, and two (2) women relaxing on a beach in Italy with several buildings behind them. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_C
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Women; Beaches; Buildings; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Feast of Assumption procession held on Mayfield Road in Cleveland, Ohio. A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_06_01
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio); Religious festivals
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Feast of Assumption (5) (Italian Fiesta) Mayfield Road Cleveland Ohio A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_003_001
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Religious festivals; Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Five (5) men standing outside on a road with greenery behind them. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_A
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Streets; Trees; Men; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Bernard S. Proctor and one (1) other man eating at a table outside in an enclosed area near the beach. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_E
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Beaches; Buildings; Porches; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: In this photograph, Italian immigrant Florindo Dipinto operates his tool-grinding cart on the sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1950-1960. Dipinto immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1913 at age 17. He originally settled in Chicago where he learned the tool-grinding trade from his uncle, Vincenzo Fabrizio. After one year of working with his uncle, he was able to purchase his own tool-grinding cart. Before settling in Cleveland, he worked in a coal mine in Colorado; served briefly in the United States Army during World War I; operated his grinding cart in Youngstown, Ohio, and returned to Italy where he served in the Army and met his wife Maria. Between 1927 and 1961, Dipinto operated his grinding cart in Cleveland, sharpening tools for a variety of customers. He retired in 1961 and passed away in 1981. The grinding cart is part of the Ohio Historical Society museum collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07057
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Immigrants--Ohio; Tools
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)