A group of children stand outside the Paul Revere House, then housing several businesses before its renovation in 1907-1908. The signage in the background illustrates the shift of Boston's North End as Southern Italian immigrants increasingly made it their new home in the early twentieth century. It is possible to read signs for the Banca Italia, F.A. Goduti & Co. a cigar company, and an international shipping post. Some children, often referred to as scungnizzi in dialect of the era, are seen making Neapolitan hand gestures.
