Italian Americans, East Side
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Seven young men of Italian descent posed by fence on St. Paul's east side near the corner of Hopkins and Bradley. Front row, left to right: Perry Yaruso, Albert Copacasa, Dominick Controneo. Back row, left to right: John Policano, Frank Ricci, Floyd Olanis, Gentille R. Yarusso.
Date: August, 1932
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Payne Avenue: An Introduction
Payne Avenue: An Introduction
Set on the hills overlooking downtown St. Paul and the Mississippi River, the East Side has always been separated from the rest of the city, first by the marshy ground of the Trout Brook and Phalen Creek beds on the east side of Downtown, and then…