Isola delle Femmine is an Italian town in northwestern Sicily, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Palermo.
Isola delle Femmine dall'alto
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for
Isola delle Femmine
…California followed by Martinez and later Monterey. This immigration continued throughout the 20th century. The parents of baseball players Vince, Joe and Dom DiMaggio were born and raised in Isola delle Femmine. In commemoration of the ties of Pittsburg’s Sicilian settlers to fishing, a life size…
DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1941
A baseball card of DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals, c. 1934
Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.
DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium in 1970, two years after Mantle's retirement