Plaque

Object number2007.85.1

Date1930-1939

MediumWood; Paint; Metal

Credit LineGift of Joseph D'Andrea

DescriptionBrown wooden plaque with arched top. Carved eagle, raised slightly on surface. Handwritten in gold paint with black outline is organizational dedication text followed by two sections of names with donation amount as a heading; both sections are followed by four columns of benefactor's names. Dimensions0.75 x 26.5 x 39.5 in. (1.9 x 67.3 x 100.3 cm)
InscriptionsHandwritten in gold paint with black outline, " "In honor of those who contributed to the / welfare and advancement of the ~ / VILLAROSA SOCIETY / $100. CONTRIBUTIONS / SAM ALBO JOHN CANCELLIERI FuJ. CAL FASTUCA SAM DIFRANCESCO / MIKE BLANDINO JOHN CANCELLIERI FuC. JOHN BRUNGO CATINO CAMMARATA FuM. / JAMES DIBELLA ANGELO CANCELLIERI JACK PALILLA SAM CAMMARATA / JAMES CAPIZZI JOSEPH CANCELLIERI ANDREW LABRASCA SANTO LAQUATRA / SALVATORE COLLURA SAM CANCELLIERI SEBASTIANO LARROCCA ANGELO CIRLINCIONE / $50. CONTRIBUTIONS / CARMELO ALBANESE GUY ANDOLINA MIKE BONOMO TONY BRACCO / CATINO CAMMARATA ROSARIO CAMMARATA LUCIO CANCELLIERI CARMELO CANTELLA / CARMELO CATANESE GIOVANNI CANNIZZARO SAM CIRLINCIONE ANGELO COLLURA / PRIMO COLOMBO GIVANNI CONTI JOSEPH CONTI MIKE CONSENTINO / COSIMO CRAVOTTA CHARLES CRAVOTTA ANGELO DELLARIA JOSEPH DIGANCI / EDUARDO DIPRIMA JOSEPH DISALVO CATINO DISTEFANO JOSEPH FAZIO / JOSEPH PALILLA / SAM ESPOSITO JOSEPH FAZIO, FuC. SAM FERRARA / JOSEPH GAMELIERI GIACOMO GARRAFFA JOHN LARROCCA JOSEPH LARROCCA / TONY LARROCCA JOSEPH LOVERDI JOSEPH LAQUATRA LOUIS LAQUATRA / SAM LAQUATRA FuG MIKE LAQUATRA FRANK LENTINI JOHN LUCCI / SALVATORE MALIA JOHN MAZZARESE DIECO MINEO ANGELO MUSSUMERCI / NICOLINO NOTARRIGO VINCENZO NICOSIA SAM LAQUATRA, D…C. CHARLES PALERMO / LUIGI ROMERIS FILIPPO SPAMPINATO GIACOMO MUSSERENDINO GIUSEPPE RIGGIO / CALOGERO TUMMINELLO TONY TUMMINELLO CHARLES TUMMINELLO CHARLES PROFETA / JOSEPH SOLLAMI SANTO SHELPO JACK SEMINATORE JOSEPH PROFETA / DOMENICO ZAFFORA ANDREA PELLEGRINO ALFONZO RUSSO / TOMMASO SACCO / JACK ZAFFORA ALFONZO VANCHIERI JOSEPH ZUFFANTE GIACOMO DOMINA / CHARLES SEMINATORE MICHELE TORNABENE”.
Historical NotesMembership plaque for the Villarosa Society, an Italian American organization, consisting mostly of Sicilian-Americans, located on the North Side of Pittsburgh. Villarosa is the name of a comune (town) in Sicily. The plaque hung in the society headquarters and later in the Villarosa Restaurant. The names on the plaque commemorate the founding members of the organization and the amounts that they donated.

Previous owner Villarosa Society

Related institution Villarosa Restaurant

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