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Carla Parodi Delfino

13 Dec 1909 – 2000

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A life in time

  1. 13 Dec 1909

    Born

  2. 2000

    Dies

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During her lifetime

She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Carla is born

Who governed

In the news1906

Simplon Tunnel opens, 1906

In 1906, the Simplon Tunnel, at 19.7 km the world's longest at the time, opened, connecting Italy and Switzerland by rail.

Music

Village Dance Music Cost Two Grani

In Sicily, village musicians charged two grani (equivalent to one soldo) to play popular songs like tarantella for dancing in the town square.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

Daily life

Candlelit homes and open hearth cooking

Until around 1910, most homes relied on candles, oil lamps, or petroleum lamps for lighting. Cooking was done over open fires that blackened kitchens with smoke until newer closed stoves appeared around 1915–1920.

In the news1905

Nationalization of Italian Railways, 1905

In 1905, the Italian state nationalized the railway network, forming the State Railways (FS) to modernize transport and boost heavy industry.

What people wore

Poor children often went barefoot

Because shoes were expensive, poor children in both rural and urban areas commonly went barefoot, even though middle-class children in cities wore fashionable European-style clothing.

Getting around

Rimini to San Marino travel times

A carriage journey between Rimini and San Marino took up to five hours, sometimes pulled by mules or oxen to better handle the steep slopes. By 1911, an early bus service replaced the horse-drawn carriage, reducing the travel time to one hour and fifteen minutes.