Image credits
Photographs on this site are downloaded into the repository and served from here. Nothing is hotlinked. Each picture below is the file we publish, with the creator, date, source, and license recorded from the source page at the time it was saved. The Italy diagram on the regions page is an original schematic, not a survey map.
The registry room at Ellis Island, photographed by Edwin Levick between 1902 and 1913. - Creator
- Edwin Levick (1869–1929)
- Date
- 1902–1913
- License
- Public domain
Immigrants on the steerage deck of the Friedrich der Grosse. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. - Creator
- George Grantham Bain Collection
- Date
- between 1907 and 1921
- License
- Public domain
Harbor, Naples, Italy. Library of Congress, dated 1890 on the file. - Creator
- Library of Congress
- Date
- 1890
- License
- No known restrictions
A village in a valley in Calabria. Photograph released to the public domain by Wikimedia Commons user Drork. - Creator
- Drork (Wikimedia Commons)
- Date
- 8 May 2005
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Castle Garden immigrant depot, New York. Public-domain image from the National Park Service. - Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 19th century
- License
- Public domain
View of Mount Etna from Taormina, catalogue number 0282, by Giovanni Crupi. - Creator
- Giovanni Crupi (1861–1925)
- Date
- 1890s
- License
- Public domain
Hills in Abruzzo. Photograph by fotokoci, dedicated to the public domain under CC0. - Creator
- fotokoci
- Date
- 17 July 2014
- License
- CC0 1.0
The Sassi di Matera, Basilicata. Photograph by Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0.Source. - Creator
- Jules Verne Times Two
- Date
- 26 September 2019
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Birth act of Vittorio Breheret, Farnese (Viterbo), 15 December 1894. Civil register published through Portale Antenati. Public domain. - Creator
- Comune di Farnese, stato civile
- Date
- 15 December 1894
- Source
- Portale Antenati, via Wikimedia Commons, in partnership with the Istituto centrale per gli archivi
- License
- Public domain
Marriage act of Tranquillo Aliprandi and Annetta Sinibaldi, Milan, 20 November 1921. Civil register of the Comune di Milano. Public domain. - Creator
- Comune di Milano
- Date
- 20 November 1921
- License
- Public domain
Death act of Giuseppe Monti, recorded at Cesano Boscone and transcribed in Milan, 10 August 1924. Public domain. - Creator
- Comune di Cesano Boscone, transcribed by the Comune di Milano
- Date
- 10 August 1924
- License
- Public domain
Baptism register for 1770, parish of Passatempo in Osimo. Photograph by GiuseppeLanari, 18 May 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0.Source. - Creator
- GiuseppeLanari
- Date
- Register for 1770; photograph 18 May 2023
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Ellis Island passenger manifest for a group recorded as Italy (South), including towns in Sicily. The file title says 1903; the Commons date field says 19 October 1906. Public domain. - Creator
- Ellis Island passenger list (creator not named on the file)
- Date
- 1903 on the file title; Commons date field 19 October 1906
- License
- Public domain
Petition for naturalization of Fernando Armando Paris, from Italy, U.S. District Court at Cleveland, 22 January 1942. National Archives, via the Digital Public Library of America. Public domain. - Creator
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division
- Date
- 22 January 1942
- License
- Public domain
Amalfi, Grand Hotel dei Cappuccini, catalogue number 2014, by Giorgio Sommer. Public domain. - Creator
- Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914)
- Date
- 19th century
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Harbor of Amalfi, catalogue number 5291, by Giorgio Sommer, about 1865. Public domain. - Creator
- Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914)
- Date
- about 1865
- License
- Public domain
Cefalù cathedral, exterior, catalogue number 1166, by Giovanni Crupi. Public domain. - Creator
- Giovanni Crupi (1861–1925)
- Date
- 1890s
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Wood engraving of Cosenza cathedral, from Gustavo Strafforello, La patria, 1900. The engraver is not named. Public domain. - Creator
- Unnamed engraver, in Gustavo Strafforello, La patria
- Date
- 1900
- License
- Public domain
Wood engraving of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila, from Gustavo Strafforello, La patria, 1899. The engraver is not named. Public domain. - Creator
- Unnamed engraver, in Gustavo Strafforello, La patria
- Date
- 1899
- License
- Public domain
Church of San Martino, interior, Naples. Photochrom Print Collection, Library of Congress, between 1890 and 1900. Public domain. - Creator
- Photochrom Print Collection
- Date
- between 1890 and 1900
- License
- Public domain
Plaza and church of San Francesco di Paola, Naples. Photochrom Print Collection, Library of Congress, between 1890 and 1900. Public domain. - Creator
- Photochrom Print Collection
- Date
- between 1890 and 1900
- License
- Public domain
Genoa and its harbor, from the west. Stereo card by Underwood & Underwood, 1900. Public domain in the United States. - Creator
- Underwood & Underwood
- Date
- 1900
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Italian family in the baggage room at Ellis Island, 1905. Photograph by Lewis Hine. The Commons author field spells the surname Hines. Public domain. - Creator
- Lewis Hine (spelled Lewis Hines on the Commons file)
- Date
- 1905
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Map of southern Italy and Sicily by S. A. Mitchell, plate 61 in the 1853 New Universal Atlas. Public domain. - Creator
- Samuel Augustus Mitchell
- Date
- 1853
- License
- Public domain
Postcard, Un saluto da Potenza, 1899, by Gabriele Agamennone. Biblioteca nazionale di Potenza. Public domain. - Creator
- Gabriele Agamennone
- Date
- 1899
- License
- Public domain
Immigrants at Castle Garden, New York. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 20 January 1866. Artist not named. Library of Congress. Public domain. - Creator
- Unnamed artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
- Date
- 20 January 1866
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID cph.3a38186, via Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
The liner Conte di Savoia during sea trials, 1932. Public-domain file on Wikimedia Commons. The uploader is named celeste; the file page does not name the 1932 photographer. - Creator
- Photographer not named (Commons uploader: celeste)
- Date
- 1932
- License
- Public domain
Foglio matricolare of Luigi Caprotti. Photograph of the document by Albertomos, CC BY-SA 4.0. The file date is 29 August 1949. CC BY-SA 4.0.Source. - Creator
- Albertomos (photograph of the document)
- Date
- 29 August 1949
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Main reading room of the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, 2009. This is an American library, not an Italian state archive. Public domain. - Creator
- Carol M. Highsmith
- Date
- 2009
- License
- Public domain
Palermo cathedral, catalogue number 0316, by Eugenio Interguglielmi. The Commons description also mentions Monreale; the facade in the photograph is the cathedral in Palermo. Public domain. - Creator
- Eugenio Interguglielmi (1850–1911)
- Date
- about 1897
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
Immigrants on the deck of the steamer Germanic. Illustration in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 2 July 1887. Photographer not named. Library of Congress. Public domain. - Creator
- Unknown photographer, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
- Date
- 1887
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID cph.3b49155, via Wikimedia Commons
- License
- Public domain
The Steerage, photographed in 1907 by Alfred Stieglitz. Library of Congress photogravure, LCCN 2003653258. Public domain. - Creator
- Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946)
- Date
- 1907 (print dated 1911 on the file)
- License
- Public domain
Cathedral door jamb, Matera, from the William Henry Goodyear collection at the Brooklyn Museum. The 2004 timestamp on the file is a scan date. No known restrictions. - Creator
- William Henry Goodyear
- Date
- Negative made before 1923; file digitized 2004
- License
- No restrictions
Spaccanapoli and the Centro Direzionale, seen from Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, 8 July 2010. Photograph by DimiTalen, CC0. - Creator
- DimiTalen
- Date
- 8 July 2010
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- CC0 1.0
The Greek theater at Taormina, Sicily. Photograph by Berthold Werner, 27 April 2025, CC0. This is a recent photograph of the ruin, not a nineteenth-century view. - Creator
- Berthold Werner
- Date
- 27 April 2025
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
- License
- CC0 1.0
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