From Italy to America - celebrating a cultural heritage

This Certificate of Citizenship, dated January 15, 1903, was issued to Elisa Caravella, mother of former Town Tax Collector Lou Caravella, of Cos Cob. Photo: Contributed Photo

Maggie O'Donnell of Greenwich provided this photograph, dated 1891, of her Italian great grandparents, Peter and Maria Micieli to the Greenwich Historical Society. The couple would change their last name to Mitchell after immigrating to America. Photo: Contributed Photo

The concertina, or "squeeze box," was a popular musical instrument of Italian-American immigrants. This one was brought to the Greenwich Historical Society by Pam Matturo of Greenwich. Photo: Anne W. Semmes

An archival photo from the 1950s provided by Tony Ceci of Greenwich shows a scene from Anthony's Barber Shop in Cos Cob. Photo: Contributed Photo

Books in Italian that made the trip over from the "Old Country" included Dante's "Divine Comedy," Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," and an Italian dictionary. These were contributed by Frank Fiorito of Greenwich for the Greenwich Historical Society exhibit, "From Italy to America." Photo: Anne W. Semmes