Robert Barone, a Flickr member, shared these beautiful photos that documented his parents' wedding in the Bronx, New York in April 1950.
“My father Angelo and mom Clara were married in the Bronx, April 1950. Mom was 21-years old. Angelo died in 1956 of heart failure.
The album itself is an interesting document of immigrant hopes and dreams. My parents were second generation Italian-Americans, and so they were the ones who were expected to make the leap into American life.
A leap which in their case never took place. My father was gravely ill at the time of the wedding and died only a few years after.”
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Clara, my mother, is the bride with her friend and my godmother, Loretta, April 1950 |
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My mother, Clara, putting the final touches on her mother, Caterina, April 1950 |
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Clara certainly made her own dress. She made most everything she wore, April 1950 |
Clara fixing Loretta's hat, April 1950 |
My mother, the bride, and my godmother, Loretta, in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Loretta, my grandfather Pasquale, and my mother Clara, the bride leaving for the church, the Bronx, April 1950 |
My grandparents at my mother's wedding in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother and grandfather at Saint Clare's church, the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother Clara and father Angelo getting married in the Bronx, April 1950 |
My parents getting married in our local Italian church, Saint Clare's in the Bronx, April 1950 |
The height of immigrant dreams and Americanization in old New York. My mother and father getting married at Saint Clare's in the Bronx, April 1950 |
The wedding kiss at Saint Clare's in the Bronx, April 1950 |
My mother Clara and father Angelo on their wedding day, the Bronx, April 1950 |
My mother Clara, the bride and the Chinese vase, April 1950 |
Clara and Angelo, April 1950 |
Clara and Angelo, April 1950 |
Maternal grandparents at my parents' wedding, the Bronx, April 1950 |
Paternal grandparents Marietta and Vito at my parents' wedding, the Bronx, April 1950 |
My mother's friend and my godmother Loretta. My mother is the bride dancing in the background, April 1950 |
My parents dancing at their wedding in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Wedding group, the Bronx, April 1950 |
Wedding toast, my parents Clara and Angelo in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Wedding toast, my parents Clara and Angelo in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Di Sisto family. Top row: Joe Di Sisto, Vilma (Di Sisto) Farewell, Mickey Farewell, Mary (Di Sisto) Olla, Ronald Olla, Harry Olla. Bottom row: Pasquale Di Sisto, Clara (Di Sisto) Barone (my mom), Angelo Barone (father) and Caterina Di Sisto, the Bronx, April 1950 |
Barone family. Top row: Rose and Mike Barone, Millie and Joe Barone, Pat and Rocco Barone. Bottom row: Vito Barone, Clara Barone (mother), Angelo Barone (father), Marietta Barone, and, probably, Vito Barone, the Bronx, April 1950 |
Cake cutting in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Cake cutting in the Bronx, April 1950 |
Cake cutting in the Bronx, April 1950 |
The kiss, the Bronx, April 1950 |
My mother posing after her wedding celebration in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother posing after her wedding celebration in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother posing after her wedding celebration in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother posing after her wedding celebration in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother posing after her wedding celebration in the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |
My mother Clara and father Angelo, April 1950 |
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Just married, the Bronx, New York, April 1950 |