My mother, Clara, putting the final touches on her mother, Caterina. Caterina was born in a small mountain town in Italy.
My mother certainly made her own dress. She made everything she wore.
Mom was 21-years old. Angelo and Clara were married in April, 1950. Angelo died in 1956 of heart failure.

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Clara, my mother, is the bride with her friend and my godmother, Loretta.

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My parents' wedding, April 1950. She certainly made her own dress. She made most everything she wore.
Mom was 21-years old. Angelo and Clara were married in April, 1950.

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My mother's wedding in the Bronx, 1950. Lost photo of my mother and father on the left.

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My mother, the bride, and my godmother, Loretta, in the Bronx.

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