Venda Ravioli Inc. (pasta-making plant), 31 Rathbone St., Providence, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-2, Antonio DiGrovangiacomo prepares to operate second ravioli machine by first placing wax paper on aluminum trays which will hold ravioli sheets; 3, DiGrovangiacomo checks emerging ravioli sheets. The six wheels under which ravioli sheets travel on conveyor belt are serrate; they perforate the sheets, marking off each individual ravioli square; 4, DiGrovangiacomo sees that the sheets are coming out with an inadequate amount of filling; 5-6, As DiGrovangiacomo adjusts machine, one can see how successive rows of ravioli emerge with increasing amounts of filling; 7-9, DiGrovangiacomo leads ravioli sheets onto trays from conveyor belt; 10-12, The sheets are torn off with five ravioli across and about nine deep; 13-14, DiGrovangiacomo proudly displays a ravioli sheet; 15-18, Trays full of ravioli are loaded onto a large wheeled shelf marked "mama's ravioli only!"

italian americans folklore rhode island ethnography providence rhode island folklife project collection american folklife center michael edward bell venda ravioli inc ultra high resolution high resolution 1970 s library of congress

01/01/1979

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