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20 records found for “Anne DeVico” |
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Portrait of Anne DeVico in 1943. She hailed from Waterbury and wrote often to her future husband, Bob Swift, during the war.
Source: Anne Swift
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Anne DeVico was born June 6, 1925, on Union Street in Waterbury’s North End, one of six children born to Italian immigrants. Her father had come to America from Naples at 16 and worked as a tailor. One of her good friends from the neighborhood was Babe Ciarlo. . .
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Anne DeVico, center, and two friends, in downtown Waterbury. Easter, 1945.
Source: Anne Swift
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Anne DeVico talks about communicating with soldiers during the war.
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Her mother warned her that "nice girls" don't visit New York City.
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Portrait of Bob Swift in 1944. Waterbury's Anne DeVico wrote her future husband often during the war.
Source: Anne Swift
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A woman listens to the radio in her boardinghouse room. January 1943. For those back home, the radio proved the best source for news on the war.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3- 038331-E)
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Waterbury was a wonderful place, especially for an Italian family.
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Signing up for sugar and food rationing in Taos, New Mexico. February 1943.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-019115-C)
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Waterbury residents mob Exchange Place to celebrate the end of the war. August 15, 1945.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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An extra from the Waterbury American reports the news that the war has ended. August 14, 1945.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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Factories in Waterbury, Connecticut, "Brass City." September 1940.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USF34-041691-D)
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The Waterbury Republican reports that ships have been sunk off the East Coast, January 20, 1942.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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The news from Italy is not good. Pfc. Babe Ciarlo has been killed.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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A headline in the Waterbury Republican headline announces the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 8, 1941.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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Waterbury gets the news that the war is over in Europe.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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A blackout drill in Waterbury, Connecticut. March 1, 1942.
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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Factories in Waterbury, CT, "Brass City." September 1940.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USF34-041691-D)
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Mom and kids outside a Waterbury home. ca. 1940.
Source: John and Blanche Bellino and Family
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The Waterbury Green. October 1946
Source: Republican-American, Waterbury, Connecticut
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