May 16, 1944. Letter from Leona Badia, née De Nardo to Danny Badia
Title
May 16, 1944. Letter from Leona Badia, née De Nardo to Danny Badia
Subject
Italian-American, 1944
Description
Leona's letter recounts social happenings: war inspired wedding for Jan, seeing Grace at her sister's, Bill being in Florida, shopping with her mom, etc. And, there is a lot of talk about food: Leona was going to make "nokis" for dinner; she bought a genoa salami at Primanti and is mailing half to Danny in the next package; they are about to start planting tomatoes, cabbage, peppers and hopefully strawberries. And lastly she mentions Chrysler going on strike.
Creator
Leona Badia, née De Nardo
Source
Badia Family Collection
Publisher
Italian Program, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature, Florida Atlantic University
Date
1944-05-16
Contributor
Domenica Diraviam & Viviana Pezzullo
Rights
Patricia Badia-Johnson
Format
Paper
Language
en
Type
Letter
Coverage
Detroit, US-MI
Collection
Citation
Leona Badia, née De Nardo, “May 16, 1944. Letter from Leona Badia, née De Nardo to Danny Badia,” Italian-American Memories: Documentary Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://itamm.omeka.net/items/show/145.