Tag: Attachments
Facial Hair Friday: Mustaches and Moral Turpitude
It was a long, hard journey to the United States in the early 20th century, but even a successful voyage did not guarantee that the immigrant would be able to enter or stay. Deportation was a threat. When immigrants were deported, it could be because of serious crime like murder or petty crime like theft. [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 3, 2012, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: Attachments, Austria, facial hair friday, immigration, Italy, moral turpitude, mustache, theft
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Plucked from our records: Pasquale Taraffo and the Harp Guitar
“Attachments,” the current exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, DC, tells the stories of some of the millions of people who have entered and left the United States. One visitor, Pasquale Taraffo, came to the United States three times—once for a concert tour of New York City and California in 1928–29, once as [...]
Posted by Nikita on July 18, 2012, under Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: Attachments, guitar, harp guitar, immigration, music, Pasquale Taraffo
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