Guide to the Milano Family Papers 1934-ca.1948 MG 1556

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Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Content Note
Access Points
Administrative Information

Container List

Photographs, Certificates, and Obiturary 1934-ca.1948


Guide to the Milano Family Papers
1934-ca.1948
MG 1556
The New Jersey Historical Society
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Processed by Jeanette Cafaro.

Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. May 2005. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Finding aid written in English.


Descriptive Summary

Creator: Milano Family
Title: Milano
Family Papers
Dates 1934-ca.1948
Abstract: Consists of photographs of Oreste Milano and his son Alfred, and photographs of Alfred’s business, Milano’s Court Press Print Shop, Oreste Milano’s certificates of registration as a registered barber, and his obituary.
Quantity: .05 linear feet/ 1 folder
Collection Number: MG 1556

Historical Note

Oreste Milano was an Italian barber who operated barbershops in downtown Newark for 40 years. He moved to Newark, New Jersey where he lived for 46 years, from Lioni, Italy. He began work in America with his brother, Americo Milano, shortly after the turn of the century. Oreste operated other shops on Washington Street and Market Street, and in 1920 established a beauty parlor in the former Goerke’s Department Store. In 1927 Oreste opened a shop on Broad Street in Newark, which operated until 1941. His son Alfred Milano was the owner of Court Press Print Shop on West Market Street in Newark.

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Scope and Content Note

This small collection consists of photographs of both Oreste and Alfred Milano, pictures of the interior and exterior of Alfred Milano’s Court Press Print Shop, and Oreste Milano’s obituary. Also included is Oreste Milano’s Certificates of Registration as a Registered Barber dating from 1945 to 1948, which is issued by the New Jersey State Board of Barber Examiners.

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Access Points

The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, forms, and occupations documented in this collection.
Subject Names:
Milano, Alfred.
Milano, Oreste.
Milano family.
Subject Organizations:
Court Press Print Shop (Newark, N.J.)
Subject Topics:
Barbers–New Jersey–Newark.
Italian Americans–New Jersey–Newark.
Printing industry–New Jersey–Newark.
Document Types:
Certificates.
Obituaries.
Photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1556, Milano Family Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.

Acquisition Information

The source of this collection is unknown.

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Container List

Photographs, Certificates, and Obiturary

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Photographs: Oreste and Alfred Milano 1934
1 1 Photographs: Court Press Print Shop n.d.
1 1 Barber certificates 1945-1948
1 1 Obituary: Oreste Milano n.d.

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