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Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Procession

Gypsy Procession
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France - Gypsy heads are uncovered as the statues pass them during the colorful ceremonies honoring the Saints Marie Jacobe and Marie Salome

Background imageRomany Collection: Procession Of Gypsies

Procession Of Gypsies
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France -: Procession-- Statues of Marie-Jacobe and Marie-Salome the two Holy women of Jerusame who settled in the French village 19 centuries ago

Background imageRomany Collection: Ballet Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky

Ballet Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky
(Original Caption) Picture shows famed Ballet dancer, Vaslav Nijinsky, in a ballet leap and dressed as a gypsy. Undated photo circa 1910s

Background imageRomany Collection: Quintette de Hot Club de France

Quintette de Hot Club de France
(Original Caption) Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) and Stephane Grappelli, of the Quintet de Hot Club de France. Photograph, ca. 1934

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Scene From 'Il Trovatore'

Gypsy Scene From "Il Trovatore"
(Original Caption) 4/29/1936-New York, NY: A gypsy scene from Il Trovatore, the famous opera, which is being given by a group of students at the WPA Federal Music Project's Harlem Music Center

Background imageRomany Collection: Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda

Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda
Maureen O'Hara as the Gypsy Esmeralda, in a publicity still from the 1939 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsies Gathered Beside Wagon

Gypsies Gathered Beside Wagon
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Background imageRomany Collection: Arlesienne & 'Cowboy' On Horseback

Arlesienne & "Cowboy" On Horseback
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France-: A Camargue cowboy arrives in the village with a lady from Arles

Background imageRomany Collection: Lon Chaney And Joan Crawford In Film

Lon Chaney And Joan Crawford In Film
(Original Caption) Lon Chaney holds a cigarette between his toes as the armless Gypsy with a young Joan Crawford in unidentified MGM film still from 1929

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsies Cooking On Portable Stove

Gypsies Cooking On Portable Stove
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France-Gypsies gathered by the thousands in the little village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Background imageRomany Collection: Coffin Being Lowered Into Crowd

Coffin Being Lowered Into Crowd
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France- The coffin containing the remains of Marie-Jacobe and Marie-Salome is lowered from the upper chapel into the church

Background imageRomany Collection: Women in Gypsy Pilgrimage

Women in Gypsy Pilgrimage
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France- Women of the provence turned out for the pilgrimage garbed in their colerful native costumes

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Vigil

Gypsy Vigil
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France- -Gypsy vigil. All through the night, the gypsies remained near the statue of Sarah-the-Black, their patron saint in the crypt of the Church

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Baby And Sarah-La-Noire

Gypsy Baby And Sarah-La-Noire
(Original Caption) Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France -AWED---This little Gypsy babe is a bit awed by the ceremonies

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Woman Breast-Feeding Child

Gypsy Woman Breast-Feeding Child
(Original Caption) 9/11/1953-Gonzaga, Italy- For almost 1000 years, Gypsies from all parts of Europe have convened yearly at Gonzaga, near Mantova in Northern Italy

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Wedding

Gypsy Wedding
(Original Caption) 9/18/1953- The bride and groom, accompanied by a guitar, perform a dance following their wedding

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Women Singing

Gypsy Women Singing
(Original Caption) 9/18/1953- After tea it is time for rest and merriment

Background imageRomany Collection: Man with Knife Performing Wedding Rite

Man with Knife Performing Wedding Rite
(Original Caption) 9/18/1953- A relative of the groom, holding a knife in his hand, performs the wedding rite between Marusca and Rosario Porado

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Women Arrive to Wedding in Car

Gypsy Women Arrive to Wedding in Car
(Original Caption) 9/18/1953- The meeting was also the occasion for a wedding in the old gypsy tradition, though with a modern touch

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Float Passing Crowd During Carnival in Nice

Gypsy Float Passing Crowd During Carnival in Nice
(Original Caption) Carnival in Nice...A Gypsy wagon pervades through the festive throngs in Nice as part of the city's Carnival celebration

Background imageRomany Collection: View From Inside Tent Of Gypsy Queen

View From Inside Tent Of Gypsy Queen
(Original Caption) 4/25/1956-Lendinara, Italy- Flowers and burning candles complete the mourning scene inside the tent of the late gypsy queen Mimi Rossetto

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Funeral Ritual

Gypsy Funeral Ritual
(Original Caption) 5/10/1958- Flames engulf the Queen's tent and the straw on which she died as the mourners watch the ritual fire

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Women Dip Hands in Water Bucket

Gypsy Women Dip Hands in Water Bucket
(Original Caption) 5/10/1958- Putting water on their heads, gypsy women take part in a purification ceremony during the mourning ritual

Background imageRomany Collection: Gypsy Woman Bathes in Wagon Doorway

Gypsy Woman Bathes in Wagon Doorway
(Original Caption) 5/10/1958- Shortly before the death of Queen Mimi, Marika Rossetti, a possible successor to the gypsy "throne, " washed herself in the doorway of her wagon


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