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Murales Campo 65

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In Altamura a wall has been painted with copies of old photographs of Campo 65. This camp, or center, began as a Prisoner of War camp during World War 2. Allied POWs were held here in 1942 and 1943. It was also a training center for troops that liberated Yugoslavia in 1945. After the war was over, it was then used to house refugees.

mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from WW2, one is a woman on a bicycle
mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from WW2, a group of 6 images in a row

below: The 36 barracks contained up to 12,000 Allied prisoners of war: British, South African, New Zealand, Canadian, Cypriots, and Palestinians mainly from the North African war front. It was the largest Italian WW2 prisoner of war camp.

mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from WW2, row of white buildings, barracks
mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from World War 2, one image is a woman's portrait, the other is a man in a pith helmet type hat
black and white image in a mural, a group of men playing in a band including an accordion, a drum and a trombone
two men standing by a car from the 40s, black and white image on mural
mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from WW2, group of men
group photo of women in military uniforms, including hats, made into a mural in grey tones

mural in shades of grey using images of old photographs from Camp 65 from WW2

two black and white photographs of people and life at camp 65, turned into images on a mural painted on a wall, one shows two women standing in front of small white buildings
campo 65

Murals painted by: Donato Lerusso, Marco Forte, and Mattia Pellegrino, 2022

Photos taken February 2024

history on the streets

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While walking around the Byward Market in Ottawa, I saw a lot of traffic control boxes at intersections that were wrapped with old black and white photos. This is the result of The Capital History Project, a collaborative effort between Carleton University, the Workers History Museum, and the city of Ottawa. These boxes first appeared 2017 and they are/were all over the city. I am not sure how many there still are …. but here are a few of them….

below: Petigorsky’s shoe repair. Mr. Oscar Petigorsky in front of the store that he and his wife Nina ran, 1930s. The store was at 289 Dalhousie Street.

below: The sign on the side of the horse drawn wagon says “”Tea and Coffee Warehouse, W. Cunningham, Grocer, Wine Merchant”

below: “Ottawa band Modern Rock Quartet at Cafe Le Hibou”, photo by Dave Sproul circa 1970. MRQ was formed in 1967 and over the next few years they played with many top rock groups of the era. According to Wikipedia, their first live performance was at the Prime Minister’s official residence – that would be Pierre Trudeau.

black and white photo by The Photographic Stores, Dave Sproul, of a band, 3 members, one on drums, one man on guitar and third man singing with mike on a stand

below: Sam’s? Buy & Sell

For a complete story of these boxes, see the Capital History website. There you will find an interactive map showing the location of all the boxes.

Photos taken May 2023