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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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TitleDining room period room from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionThe dining room was another work area for the family. Here the family and the boarders were fed, also in this room, Maria picked silk on a frame, examining the bolts of broad silk brought from the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitlePeriod garden from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionA second family income was derived from another use of the property. The trolley car that connected Haledon to Paterson made the borough a favorite Sunday recreation spot for workers. The Botto...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleInterior of the cold or root period room cellar from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionA ventilated root cellar kept temperatures even and cool for food storage with barrels for wine and preserves in canning jars. Thirty-foot cold frames provided protection for tender plants and...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleWooden bowl
Date Created1908
DescriptionA large wooden bowl was used for preparing greens like chicory for salads in Maria Botto's kitchen.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitlePeriod garden with view of grape arbor from the home of Pietro and Maria Botto
Date Created2006
DescriptionThe grounds of the Botto House reflect the ethnic origin of this family of silk workers from the Piedmonte (Biella) area of Italy and the development of housing in early streetcar suburbs. Pietro,...
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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TitleKitchen with view of meat grinder attached to work table
Date Created2006
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)