Crowd Outdoors with Cauldron, ca. 1910s

Photograph

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Tontitown Historical Museum

Name/Title

Crowd Outdoors with Cauldron, ca. 1910s

Entry/Object ID

TMA-2003-147-003

Description

crowd w/cauldron large crowd of men, women priest & infants

Photograph Details

Subject

1. Antonio Sbanotto, 2. ?, 3. Pierina Tessaro Sbanotto, 4. Joe Ceola (?), 5. ?, 6. Antonio Maestri, 7. ?, 8. , 9. ?, 10. Taldo Man, 11. Mary Ceola Cortiana, 12. ?, 13. ?, 14. ?, 15. Father Bandini, 16. Memo Morsani, 17. ?, 18. ?, 19. Augusto Ceola?

Subject Person or Organization

Pietro Bandini (1852 - 1917), Domenico "Memo" Morsani (1889 - 1951)

Subject Place

City

Tontitown

County

Washington County

State/Province

Arkansas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Context

This photo shows up in the Bastianelli Collection and was believed to be of cheese-making. However it was also contributed by various donors, one of them being Mary Costa Wersky Colombero, daughter of John and Josephine Costa. She claims this photo was at the wedding of her parents on November 19, 1914.

Collection

Ruth Ann Roso Ritchie Collection

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Costa (1873-1960), Josephine Mantegani Costa Hinton (1895-1987)

Related Publications

Publication

Tontitown Storia, Vol. 08, No. 02 - Fall 2012

Notes

p.3: "The photograph shown above of the Ceola, Maestri, Morsani, and Roso families, and Father Bandini, appears on page 114 of 'So Big, This Little Place.' "

Update Date

September 16, 2026