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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 1 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 1 Miss Mary Tomasi 63 Barre Street Montpelier Vermont THE ITALIAN GRANITE WORKER A cold February morning is breaking A slanting sun has not yet pierced the winter thin clouds Only a...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 2 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 2 complete satisfaction with no fear of disturbing Ninas sleep Giorgio the eldest son who works with him in the shed sleeps in a thinly partitioned roam off the bathroom Giorgio has...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 3 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 3 Giacomo scoffs at Papa Giacomo wants only coffee two or three big steaming cupfuls plenty of salami and bread Dio good red meat thats what makes the muscle for these hours...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 4 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 4 gallon of sour red wine and sets the jug in the ice box to cool until time to take it to Pietros One needs wine oc casional sips to keep awake...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 5 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 5 met the plumpness of his little savings account and still the letters from his mother and sister said nothing of Nina being promised to Pietro He wrote to Nina and asked...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 6 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 6 two devil of days when the little Perina could not make up her mind whether she wanted to be separated from her aching mother or not Perina lived only two summers...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 7 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 7 and it was time to get going Giacomo lifted the lid from the stove and rapped the inverted bowl on the rim The smoldering tobacco flecked the fiery coals By the...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 8 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 8 Just the same a breath of nervousness catches in his throat and until that is swallowed in easy breathing he will not lay a finger to the delicate work before him...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 9 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 9 then whacks a greeting to the broad shoulders Ho Al fredo he booms last night we were talk me an Nina an she say sure as anything your baby it will...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 10 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 10 with noisy machine made reverberations that knead and whip their words into immediate nothingness Conversation must keep for the noon hour and for Giacomo until the four oclock whistle Nina will...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 11 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker of her taking lessons from her American born neighbors in pudding cake and pie making In the childrens younger years the father maintained that the sweets would soften their strong bodies A...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 12 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 12 to accept the invitation and his mind chl3rns Santa Maria it should be me Toni to pass the drink The new baby he is my good fortune not his But I...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 13 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 13 eh Toni Well go ao Jus once a year it happen his laugh sweeps over the steel crew ruffling their work bent heads erect Taking advantage of the boss momentary laxness...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 14 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 14 Aldo knows this is true He knows from experience that a coarse grained granite is not good for carving the large crystals tending to crack With the tip of his shoe...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 15 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 15 blocks from the deeps of the quarries He had seen the stone cabled to the rim of the vast pits and then watched experienced cutters judging by eye and hand the...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 16 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 16 Arm arc gestures an emphatic fist against the table and loud Italian voices fight for supremacy over the blare of the victrola Any topic is a good topic Next week they...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 17 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 17 in the shed I will stay at home and paint all the down stairs rooms And you will not go with us to camp Giuglio shoots with a sharp look from...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 18 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 18 Si the comrades agree strikes are bad but what can you do You join the Union for wage and health protection no In Italy last year the stone workers were paid...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 19 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 19 ing with their eyes on their pocketbooks Only a short time ago a quarrier offered to furnish the widow of one of his former employees with a stone absolutely free and...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 20 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 20 at the kitchen sink splashing about in great quantities of hot water ears cocked to Martas chatter of the days work her nebulous plans for a spring wardrobe and her indecision...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 21 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 21 in low voices Lucina Pietros daughter is one of them During those first years in America Pietro was not as active a church member as he had been in Italy Perhaps...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 22 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 220 years ago Massimo is two years older than Pietro in Italy he was a good friend to Giacomo Massimos vigorous health stabs Giacomo with a pang of guilt Again he wonders...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 23 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 23 while they were standing there waiting that Carmitals brother Rodrigo took it into his head to count the people Massimo told him it was bad luck to do that that it...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 24 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker 24 against the stone by air pressure polishers surfacing machine cutters operating machines to work stones to an even surface sawyers lathe operators and carborundum edger operators In the nonproductive labor class...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 25 of [Giacomo Coletti]
The Italian Granite Worker betray their emotion And as if in defiance to death talk becomes gayer more arrogant Towards 4 oclock a group of quarry men who will idle until the dangerous icy film disappears...- Contributor: Coletti, Giacomo - Tomasi, Mary
- Date: 1938