Born in a small town outside of Venice, 16 year old Antonio Pasin (pictured
above) dreamed of a new beginning in America. His family sold their mule to
help pay for his voyage, and before long, Pasin made his way to Chicago where
he looked for work as a cabinet-maker. Though he was a skilled craftsman like
his father and grandfather before him, Pasin had little success finding work,
and eventually became a water boy for a sewer digging crew.
He made his way through several jobs, and by 1917 had saved enough money to
purchase some used wood working equipment and rented a one-room workshop. In
this workshop, Pasin began fashioning wagons by night and selling them during
the day.
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