donation information:
Donated by Camara family in 1989.
title:
Camara Family Photograph Collection finding aid
description:
During the summer of 1989, the Camara Family donated a collection of glass plate negatives to UMass Lowell Libraries Center for Lowell History. These negatives record life in the Portuguese Community of greater Lowell, circa 1920-1925. The identities of the people in the photographs remain a mystery; it is believed that they depict members of the Portuguese community who came to Lowell from the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, and continental Portugal. Like many immigrants to Lowell, the Portuguese came looking for jobs. They found employment in the textile mills, foundries and tanneries. The photographs show this immigrant community at work and at play.
loc subject headings:
Altars
loc subject headings:
Beaches
loc subject headings:
Canoes and canoeing
loc subject headings:
Fasts and feasts
loc subject headings:
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
loc subject headings:
Merry-go-round
loc subject headings:
Portuguese American women
loc subject headings:
Portuguese Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell
loc subject headings:
Swimming
loc subject headings:
Textile industry
loc subject headings:
Textile industry--Massachusetts--Lowell
date:
1920-1925 circa
type:
Finding aids
format:
PDF
relation:
Digitized items can be viewed here: https://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/collections/show/1
local subject headings:
Holy Ghost Society (Lowell, MA)
coverage:
Lowell (Mass.)
coverage:
New Bedford (Mass.)
