Ybor City Oral History Project

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Interviewer

Mormino, Gary R.

Publication Date

2-1-2010

Date

1978-04-20

Abstract

This is an oral history interview with Mary Italiano, a native of Ybor City born in 1903. Her grandfather, an immigrant from Sicily, had a grocery store and fruit stand on the corner of Seventh Street and Seventeenth Avenue. Italiano worked in the family business as a child, left school after fifth grade, and married when she was fifteen, to a man she met at an Italian Club picnic. Her husband had a wholesale grocery business in West Tampa, where they lived after they were married. In this interview, Italiano discusses her life in Ybor City and West Tampa as part of a large Italian American family and overall Latin community.

Keywords

Italian Americans--Florida--Tampa, History--Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.), Social Life and customs--Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Language

English

Media Type

oral histories, online audio

Format

audio

Identifier

Y10-00020

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