DiPaolo family aboard the Vulcania

Black and white photograph of the DiPaolo family aboard the passenger ship Vulcania in April of 1956. Mr. and Mrs. DiPaolo are posing on the upper deck of the ship with their young son and daughter. The stand in front of a bench and a life boat can be seen directly behind them. The landmass that is visible in the background is Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean.

According to the archives at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia the Vulcania stopped at the following ports: New York, Boston, Halifax-Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona, Cannes, Genoa, Palermo, Naples, Patras, Venice and Trieste. The passenger ship arrived at Pier 21 on April 27, 1959.