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Open House: If These Walls Could Talk
Opening Jan. 14, 2006
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The photograph that started it all. 470-472 Hopkins Street, St. Paul, about 1925.
(l-r): Frank Campobasso (left), Dominick D'Aloia, Filomeno Cocchiarella, Rose Cocchiarella, Tony Cocchiarella
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The house as it looks today. 470 Hopkins Street, 2002.
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The Schumachers were the “founding family” of 470 Hopkins St.
German immigrants Albert and Henriette built the house in 1888 for themselves
and their grown children. Martha Schumacher and her nephews Albert and Todd McMmillan,
about 1904.
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From the 1910s-1950s, the railroads and Hamm’s Brewery were the major employers
in the Railroad Island neighborhood on St. Paul’s East Side. Dominic D’Aloia
worked as a car repairman for 10 years before he could afford to send for his wife,
Filomena, and daughter, Michelina. Dominic D'Aloia, dressed for work, 1930s
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In the middle decades of the 20th century, Railroad Island felt like Little Italy.
Filomena D'Aloia and Luciano Cocchiarella with homemade bread from an earthen oven,
Hopkins Street, St. Paul, 1940
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Arriving from Italy at age 11, Michelina D'Aloia settled in the house in 1931 and went on to
raise her own family there, staying until 1956. Russell and Michelina (D'Aloia) Frascone on
the front porch of 470/472 Hopkins Street. 1943.
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In a period when the residents of the triplex were not linked by family or ethnic bonds,
their lives were still intertwined. Denny Cramer's 2nd birthday party in Cramer kitchen,
470 Hopkins, 1968
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Jerry D’Aloia, brother of Michelina (D'Aloia) Frascone, grew up in 470 Hopkins Street,
left to serve in the Korean War, then returned as a newlywed with his wife Barbara.
Jerry and Barbara D’Aloia, front yard of 470/472 Hopkins St., early 1950s
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Fun-loving Dick and Angie Krismer raised four children, including twins, in tight quarters at
472 Hopkins Street from 1956-1967. Here Dick Krismer braces for his birthday spanking!
Dick Krismer and (l-r) Margaret Mary; Dick, Jr.; Rose Marie and Mary Theresa; in front of
470/472 Hopkins St., mid-1960s
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Pang Toua Yang and Mai Vang lived in the house from 2002-2004. Their daughter, Elizabeth Young,
owns the house and 23 other properties in St. Paul. The family of Pang Toua Yang and Mai Vang, about 2000
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The family of Pang Toua Yang and Mai Vang, about 2001
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