Nuno Cristo
Nuno Cristo (left) performing at the Portuguese Consulate in Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nossa Senhora da Pedra
A church decorated for the Nossa Senhora da Pedra celebrations.
Woman kneels in “sacrifice” during the Nossa Senhora da Pedra celebrations in Toronto, ON, Canada.
Decorations during the Nossa Senhora da Pedra celebrations.
Massa sovada (i.e. “sweet bread”) is being offered as dessert, after eating the traditional Azorean “Sopas do Espirito Santo” (i.e. “Holy Spirit Soup”) typically eaten in June, July, August, and sometimes extending all the way to September.
This photo was taken in Toronto, ON, Canada on August 10, 2000.
Nobrega Family
Jose Da Nobrega
A portrait of Celina da Nobrega with her husband José and child.
Célina da Nóbrega sits with her husband José in August of 1962.
Célina da Nóbrega.
Jose Da Nobrega
Nea Hellas
Portuguese migrant workers from Madeira, Portugal aboard the Nea Hellas ship which arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, NS, Canada on June 2, 1953.
Men in Ponta Delgada
Men in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal before heading to Canada in May of 1956.
Mariano Rego
Mariano Rego is all smiles with his wife Maria da Luz.
Mariano Rego and his band “Los Toreros”.
DRUMS: Augusto Santos
ACORDEON: Manuel Soares
VOCALS: Arsenio Amaral
GUITAR: Mariano Rego
Maria Alice and Chico Monteiro
Maria Alice and Chico Monteiro on vacation in North Bay, ON, Canada in August of 1959, next to their first car.
Candido, Avelino and Chico Monteiro in Toronto, ON, Canada in 1957.
Manuel Gomes
Manuel Gomes and a fellow Portuguese migrant worker in Canada in 1953.
Manuel Gomes experiences snow in Canada in 1953.
