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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)
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TitleMan's shaving brush
Date Created1908
DescriptionPietro Botto shaved his beard with a straight razor, a strip of steel sharpened to a fine cutting edge on one side. First he applied shaving cream from a shaving cream mug with a small brush. Then,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleKitchen period room with view of dining room from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionSome of the artifacts placed around the kitchen are the copper pot used to cook polenta, meat grinder, fish scaler, coffee grinder, rug beater, mousetrap, and wall calendars, which were used by...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleBedroom with view of wardrobe period room from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionClothing hangs in the wardrobe. Trunks contained mourning scarves and other handwork often done by young women in preparation for their marriages. Next to the wardrobe hangs the elaborately framed...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleDuring the 1913 silk strike in Paterson, New Jersey
Date Created1913
DescriptionDuring the 1913 silk strike, over 20,000 silk mill workers gathered in the nearby town of Haledon at the home of Pietro and Maria Botto. From their second floor balcony members of the Industrial...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)