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Photograph of Italian Society Citizenship Class of 1939

A map of Italy with the regions of origin of Wooster's Italian community highlighted. Percentages under the region name details the portion of the community that came from each region.

Photograph of Incoronata and Joseph DiGiacomo found in Joseph DiGiacomo's biographical section in Dominic Iannarelli's A Touch of Italy in Wooster.

Photograph of the DiGiacomo family.

Article about Salvastine Salvatore and his son coming to Wooster with the help of Joseph DiGiacomo and Dominico Piscinelli, Appeared in the Wooster Daily News on April 25, 1910.

Background map for the Wooster Cemetery Tour Neatline exhibit.

Photograph of the Town Hall constructed by the Italian Society in 1910.

Photograph of the Lamplighters Social Club.

Photograph of the Lamplighters Social Club stand at the fair in 1948.

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church parochial school's class photo taken in 1912.

Title of an article announcing the Surrender of Lee's army. Appeared in the Wooster Republican on April 16, 1865.

A Civil War reenactor at Hale Farm demonstrates the use of a 19th century musket.

Article informing that Serafino Zarlengo was building a new house on Palmer Street. Comments on the neighborhood of the East End, calling it a "pleasant surprise." Appeared in the Wooster Daily News on August 27, 1910.

World War I portrait of Venanzo Tomassetti, a member of Company D, 146th Infantry, 37th Ohio Division.

Photograph of Massaro Avenue, taken in the "East End" neighborhood.

Members of the Grand Army of the Republic veteran's organization pledge allegiance to the flag in 1912. They stand beside Wooster's Civil War memorial in Public Square.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows symbol meaning Friendship, Love, Truth

The Civil War Memorial near the entrance to the Wooster Cemetery.

This is a portrait of Dr. J.D. Robison, a Wooster physician, credited with performing the first amputation of the Civil War.

Wooster's Civil War monument donated by businessman Jacob Frick in 1892. The monument also brought to Wooster a much needed public drinking fountain.

A photographic print of Ella Boole, President of the WCTU from 1925 to 1933. She attended the College of Wooster during the height of the temperance movement and was surely inspired by the efforts of the WCTU in the city.

A reunion of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, held at the Van Nest home in Wooster.

Battle flags, a drum, and a bugle from the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which men from Wayne County served. This scene is from the old Memorial Hall on S. Buckeye Street.

A portrait of David Stanley, Major General for the Union Army and Medal of Honor recipient.

Photograph of the DiGiacomo building.

A masonic symbol with a G in the center representing God.

An image showing the symbol of the Grand Army of the Republic with Civil War soldiers in the background. Text at the bottom reads "Flag of Freedom, grand and glorious, 'Neath the flag we march victorious."

Symbol for Fraternal Organization of Eagles

This cartoon from Nathaniel Currier shows the slippery slope of drinking alcohol, as perceived by an advocate of temperance.. It begins with a man drinking a glass with a friend and ends with his suicide.