Paulo Roberto Camargo in the 1950s (second cousin)

Paulo Roberto (my second cousin) being held by his aunt Beatriz (my cousin).

young Paulo Roberto having a field day at his great-grand-father's back-yard on Rua Campos Salles  in 1955.

 Praça da Catedral de São Bento em Marília-SP.

with auntie Beatriz on the same day,

Paulo Roberto, his sister Mariângela and aunt Beatriz Scarpetti.

Paulo Roberto & Mariângela at Rua Campos Salles back-yard.

Geraldo Camargo (looking down at a cup while the waiter pours some coffee) at a function given by Vigorelli Sewing Machine in which he was an employee; 5 October 1957.

Geraldo Camargo. 

 Paulo Roberto na gangorra - Parque Infantil Monteiro Lobato, Marília-SP.

Paulo Roberto Camargo aparece no 'Correio Marilense' de 3 Maio 2012, ao lado de sua mãe Betty Scarpetti Camargo e irmã Mariângela Camargo, por ocasião de seu 60o. aniversario.

A trip to LIMEIRA-SP in 1956

Maria Puerta aka Mariinha on a visit in Limeira-SP in 1956. 

Maria Puerta once presented a radio show on Radio Clube de Marilia in the afternoon where she was known as Mariângela. She eventually got married with Beatriz's brother Alecio. They left Marília for São Paulo where they lived in a house within a 'villa' on rua Fernão Dias, in Pinheiros. Here Maria poses in front of Gruta da Praça a famous band-stand in the main square. It may not look like a bandstand but so it is. It served also as a café during those times. 

Beatriz Scarpetti having Limeira's Cine Vitoria on the background.

Scarpetti Family - mid-1930s - Limeira-SP.

Emilinha Borba canta com Adelaide Chiozzo no Cine Vitória de Limeira para angariar fundos para sua eleição de 'Rainha do Radio'.

O povo de Limeira-SP na fila para ver Emilinha Borba - Revista do Radio - 7 ABR 1953.

Adelaide Chiozzo e seu acordeão em Rio Claro-SP...

former Industria de Chapeus Prada building (1907) has become Limeira's Town Hall (Prefeitura).

Gruta Municipal or Gruta da Praça was erected in the 1920s following plan by architect Ettore Monti aping medievel castles to serve as a band-stand at Praça Toledo de Barros. It served as a café between 1946 and 1967. Today it looks like that.

Marilia-SP Cidade-moça (Maiden city)

Giovanni Battista Darin's family moved to Marilia-SP in November 1927 before the place was a municipality. They hailed from São José do Rio Pardo-SP in the northern part of the São Paulo state and settled in a wooden house built in the corner of Rua Minas Gerais [nowadays Rua 9 de Julho] and Rua São Luiz.

In 1932 they moved to a wooden house on Avenida Rio Branco; later on in the early 40s they moved to a wooden house on Rua Campos Salles, 350. 

Circa 1948-1949, Giovanni Darin built a brick house on Campos Salles, which still stands today.

Here are some of the Family's photos through the decades.

A familia de João Baptista Darin mudou-se para Marilia-SP em Novembro de 1927.

Betty, Beatriz holding Paulo Roberto & Rosa Darin on Rua Campos Salles - 1953.

Marilia's main drag - Av. Sampaio Vidal circa 1949.

São Bento's Park as I remember it in the 1950s. Those cement frogs squirted water from their mouths.

Rua Prudente de Moraes block between rua São Luiz , rua 4 de Abril & Avenida Sampaio Vidal... the main shopping area in the 1950s.

a very young Beatriz in Herculândia-SP. 

Marilia-SP 1930s

Primeiro Grupo de Marilia-SP - 1933.

Rosa & João Darin, brother & sister circa 1932.

Angela Darin circa 1930.

João & Valdemar playing a practical joke... as if they grew on trees... plus their sister Rosa & daddy Giovanni; circa 1937.

Marilia-SP 1940s & public transportation

João Darin Filho, right & a friend.

Summer time under mangos trees in the back yard... cousins Valdemar & Jenny, Kaneno and sisters Yolanda & Rosa.

Sisters Beatriz, 2nd from left & Betty, 2nd from right plus cousin Zuleide, 3rd from right at São Bento Jardim. 

same Sunday afternoon in 1948... just relaxing and posing for photos at Jardim.

a Sport gathering at Bairro Tiveron in Marília, in 1945.

On Rua São Luiz, a 'jardineira'-bus to Luélia, Adamantina, Pé de Galinha (?) & Maripa.

A mini-bus from Marília to Paraguassú, Yepê & Londrina in Paraná state. 

A mini-bus ready to leave for Ourinhos, in front of Bilhar Avenida. 

Rua São Luiz sometimes in the early 1940s. Mind you, the Orthographic Reform where Ys, Ks and PHs would be banned from the Portuguese Language was implemented in late 1942. See Pharmácia Santa Theresa on the right hand side. 

Darin in Marilia-SP 1950s

Darin Family with addition of Macera (2), Scarpetti (4), Redondo (1) & Amorim (3) in 1951.

Rua Campos Salles, 350 - Familia Darin in 1951.

Rosa Darin, Edson Scarpetti (in back), Paulo Roberto Camargo (baby), Angela Darin, Betty & Beatriz Scarpetti in1953.

Beatriz Scarpetti hold her niece Mariângela Camargo & cousin Herminia Maria Batista, José Carlos Batista & Paulo Roberto Camargo at Rua Campos Salles in 1955.

Casa da rua Campos Salles, 350 - Beatriz em data incerta.

João Amorim and Augusto Vieira in Marília.

1959

 Alessio gives his sister Beatriz away to Francisco José.

Herminia is the flower girl.

It's almost over, Herminia!

Hallelluya! Now I can breathe!