Interview with Esther M. Davalos, May 28, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Born in 1908, Esther Davalos was born as a third generation American; her family came from Spain and settled in the part of Mexico that later became Texas. After the Mexican Revolution, which her father fought and died in, the family moved to Pennsylvania in 1918 to seek out better jobs for Davalos? older brothers. After originally settling in Eddystone where her brothers worked for the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the family moved again to the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia where Davalos grew up, married, and spent the rest of her life in. As an adult, she worked as a Spanish interpreter for many locations within the city including a health center on Girard Avenue (that still stands today) and the Nationalities Service Center.Interview Accession
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Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 San Antonio (Tex.) Families. Eddystone (Pa.) Diseases. Health. Dwellings Housing. Neighborhoods Neighbors. Employment Discrimination. Childhood Language and languages. Marriage Race discrimination. Race relations Racism Philadelphia (Pa.) Emigration and immigration.Interview Rights
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Davalos, Esther M. Interview by Judy Levin. 28 May. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Davalos, E.M. (1982, May 28). Interview by J. Levin. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Davalos, Esther M., interview by Judy Levin. May 28, 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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