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Member of Montescaglioso Club with plateful of money he has obtained from spectators.

Member of Montescaglioso Club collects cash donation from spectator.

Member of Montescaglioso Club collects cash donations from spectators along 21st Avenue.

Member of Montescaglioso Club collects cash donations from spectators along 21st Avenue.

Member of Montescaglioso Club collects cash donations from spectators along 21st Avenue.

Member of Montescaglioso Club collects cash donations from spectators along 21st Avenue

Member of Montescaglioso Club (which sponsors the procession) has badge pinned to his label by another club member.

Members of the Montescaglioso Club on float with statue of San Rocco.

Members of the Montescaglioso Club on float with statue of San Rocco.

Member of Montescaglioso Club with plateful of money he has obtained from spectators.

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Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

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italian americans community events ethnographic photographs religious processions parades saints day celebrations comitato festa patronale san rocco paterson nj ethnography paterson nj member montescaglioso club montescaglioso club money spectators economic and social conditions new jersey working in paterson project collection working in paterson occupational heritage in an urban setting american folklife center thomas d carroll martha cooper susan levitas robert mccarl david alan taylor ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress car
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Date

01/01/1994
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Contributors

McCarl, Robert (Collaborator)
Levitas, Susan, 1961- (Collaborator)
Carroll, Thomas D. (Collaborator)
Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Collaborator)
Cooper, Martha (Photographer)
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Paterson (N.J.) ,  40.91667, -74.17194
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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View of crowd, bride and groom, and car painted with "Just Married" on the rear window

Ed Ramsey, owner of Sweet Potato Pie Company, at his desk.

Man with handcart at door of shop.

Palm reader conducts reading at the market.

Outdoor sign advertising go-go dancers.

The procession begins and men carrying U.S. and Italian flags and Montescaglioso banner walk at the front, down Lewis Street.

Dignitaries standing in front of the Montescaglioso Club; the tall man in the tan suit is Congressman Herbert Klein, the man in the white shirt is Paterson mayor William Pascrell.

Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the foreground; printing on some boxes reads "North Carolina Sweet Potatoes."

Statue of San Rocco is carried up the steps of the church; a Massachusetts will be held inside.

At the conclusion of the procession, dignitaries stand in front of the Montescaglioso Club, on Lewis Street; the tall man to the right is Congressman Herbert Klein, and the man to his right is Paterson mayor William Pascrell.

Outdoor scene painted on wheel cover on rear of small truck traveling along 21st Avenue.

Exterior view of Nicholas Diner, 88 East Railroad Avenue.

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italian americans community events ethnographic photographs religious processions parades saints day celebrations comitato festa patronale san rocco paterson nj ethnography paterson nj member montescaglioso club montescaglioso club money spectators economic and social conditions new jersey working in paterson project collection working in paterson occupational heritage in an urban setting american folklife center thomas d carroll martha cooper susan levitas robert mccarl david alan taylor ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress car