Interview with Louise Abrucesse, Tony Lombardo, Margaret Olivia, June 9, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Conducted at the Marconi Center in South Philadelphia, this group interview recounts the childhood and adolescent years of three Italian-Americans who grew up in an Italian enclave in Philadelphia. They recall their first jobs, parents' lives in Italy, home births, the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, going to public baths, and the popular culture of their youth.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Tony Lombardo
Margaret Olivia
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Interview LC Subject
Childhood Recreation Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Dating (Social customs) Child labor. Employment Families. Immigrants Emigration and immigration. Diseases. Health. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Sanitation. Labor unions Women--Employment. Depressions--1929 Economics. United States--Economic conditions Philadelphia (Pa.) Emigration and immigration.Interview Rights
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Abrucesse, Louise Interview by Marc Gallicchio. 09 Jun. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Abrucesse, L. (1982, June 09). Interview by M. Gallicchio. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Abrucesse, Louise, interview by Marc Gallicchio. June 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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