Camara Family Photograph Collection [c. 1920-1925]
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Title
Camara Family Photograph Collection [c. 1920-1925]
Date
1920-1925
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.
Finding Aid for the Camara Collection
Finding Aid for the Camara Collection
Content warning: This collection contains post-mortem photographic images, specifically images of babies who are no longer alive. The practice of taking images of family members who have died was a cultural practice of the time but it may be distressing to users.
Subject
Textile industry--Massachusetts--Lowell
Portuguese Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell
Source
All items can be found at UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History.
Publisher
UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
Rights
In Copyright: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located.
Format
JPG
Type
Photograph
Identifier
UML_Camara
Family standing in field.
Spinning frame in the spinning room of a textile mill. [03]
Spinning frame in the spinning room of a textile mill. [02]
Spinning frame in the spinning room of a textile mill. [01]
Three female textile workers.
A group of female and textile workers with their overseer.
A woman in the Back Central Street neighborhood.
A female textile worker.
A young woman in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [02]
A young woman in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [01]
Three young women in the Back Central Street neighborhood.
A couple in the Back Central Street neighborhood.
Three men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [03]
Three men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [02]
Two men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [05]
Two men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [04]
Two men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [03]
Two men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [02]
Two men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [01]
Three men in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [01]
A man in photo studio. [01]
A man in photo studio. [02]
A man in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [07]
A man in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [06]
A man sitting with an American flag in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [03]
A man sitting with an American flag in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [02]
A man in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [05]
A man in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [04]
A man in army uniform in the Back Central Street neighborhood.
A man in the Back Central Street neighborhood. [03]
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Kevin Souza
My father Edward (Anibal) Souza was born in Lowell in the 1920's.
Nikki Tantum
Amazing! Wonder if your family knew any of the people in these photos...