Italian Americans
San Francisco, CA, June 1943
Dorothea Lange
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
10.156 in x 10.094 in
A67.137.93771
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
Additional Information
This photograph is from a series celebrating Italian-Americans in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. The assignment was part of a propaganda effort by the Office of War Information (OWI) to reinforc
This photograph is from a series celebrating Italian-Americans in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. The assignment was part of a propaganda effort by the Office of War Information (OWI) to reinforce wartime unity. The couple is standing in front of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Washington Square.