El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual
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Publication Date
3-25-2010
Abstract
This clip focuses on La Clinica, the Cuban Club clinic located on the first floor of El Circulo Cubano de Tampa. The narration documents the clinic's role within the Cuban Club's mutual aid system, including contracted medical services, discounted pharmacy acces, house calls by physicians, and the collection of weekly dues to support members healthcare. Narrator E.J. Salcines describes the clinic within Ybor City's broader network of ethnic mutual aid societies and nearby hospitals and clinics that provided medical care to cigar workers and their families.
Keywords
Cuban Americans--Florida--Tampa--History, Mutual aid societies--Florida--Tampa, Cigar industry--Florida--Tampa, Immigrants--Florida, Working class--Florida--Tampa, Medical care, Health insurance, Historic buildings--Florida--Tampa
Extent
00:04:26; 2 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ybor City (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.), Centro Asturiano Hospital (Tampa, Fla.), Centro Espanol Hospital (Tampa, Fla.), Trelles Clinic (Tampa, Fla.), Gonzales Clinic (Tampa, Fla.)
Language
English
Type
Video
Format
Digital only
Identifier
cuban_club_av-1011
Recommended Citation
Salcines, E. J., "Station 11: The Clinic" (2010). El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cuban_club_av/12
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