Throwback Thursday: Old New York Family Photos

Listening to the Bowery Boys podcasts of Old New York has made me wonder what life in the city must have been like for some of my ancestors, who came here from Italy near the end of the 19th century.

My grandmother, Gaetana Marta D'Ippolito, whose name was changed to Gertrude when she entered the U.S. as a small child

Wedding photo of Mary D'Ippolito and Joe Battaglia (Mary was Grandma's older sister)

Paola Cerchio Periale, my great-grandmother, c. 1910