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TitlePeriod garden view of the root cellar from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionThe Bottos were able to create a very self-sufficient lifestyle on the small piece of ground that they owned. A hen house was built to protect 15-20 chickens that supplied the family with eggs. A...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleKitchen period room view of stove and cabinet from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionEven with the convenience of indoor plumbing and the gas range, the kitchen was the scene of virtual non-stop labor for Maria Botto and her daughters. In addition to meals prepared for the family,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleChild's chamber pot
Date Created1908
DescriptionThe Botto's home was equipped with running water and water closets (small rooms with toilets) when it was built in 1908. Young children in working families were potty-trained on small enameled...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleNew Home of the Botto Family
Date Created1908
DescriptionPietro and Maria Botto, skilled textile workers, and their two year old daughter Albina emigrated from Biella, Italy to America in 1892. Pietro, a weaver, easily found work in New Jersey's textile...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleParlor period room view of the fireplace from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionThe oak mantle dominates the room with its columns and mirror top . It surrounds a fireplace where, in winter, a gas heater was attached through the circular hole in the metal to a pipe behind the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleMen playing bocce
Date Created1910
DescriptionThe Botto family laid out a clay bocce court, a popular Italian game, along the side of their home. The court area is approximately 12' wide by 60' long, as seen in this photograph.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitlePortrait of the Botto family and the family dogs
Date Created1911
Description(Front from L-R: Mr. Aimone, a family friend, Pietro Botto and Louis Arrighi, husband of Albina.)
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleFlatiron
Date Created1900
DescriptionMaria Botto used heavy flatirons to iron clothes on the kitchen table. The irons were heated on her stove and alternated as they cooled. On Mondays, after the laundry had dried on the clothesline,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitlePackage of dried Rosemary from the garden of the Botto House
Date Created1908
DescriptionThe Bottos grew rosemary, sage and mint in their garden. Herbs were used for personal hygiene and health purposes as well as for cooking. For example, Piedmontese immigrants used rosemary as a...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleEpsom Salt, English Mustard, and Pastigle Leone Dissetanti tins
Date Created1908
DescriptionCompanies began producing medicinal remedies for minor health problems. Epsom salt, according to the label, could serve as a laxative. English mustard mixed with water made a good poultice. ...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)