Interview with Anna Lavin, July 9, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Anna Lavin came with her family from Russia to Philadelphia in 1896 aboard the S.S. Pennland and landed in the immigration station at the foot of Washington Avenue. It was South Philadelphia where her family settled and where Lavin started to work at the age of twelve. In a life of struggle and poverty, Lavin worked for 53 years in the garment industry.Interview Accession
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Immigrants Emigration and immigration. Families. Employment Education Childhood Labor unions Philadelphia (Pa.)Interview Rights
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Lavin, Anna Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 09 Jul. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Lavin, A. (1982, July 09). Interview by C. H. III. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Lavin, Anna, interview by Charles Hardy, III. July 09, 1982, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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