Ybor City Oral History Project
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Interviewer
George E. Pozzetta
Publication Date
1-4-2010
Date
1980-04-24
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Armando Lopez, a longtime resident of Ybor City. Lopez was born in Cuba in 1904 and came to Tampa in 1922 when he was seventeen years old. He learned how to make cigars while still in Cuba, then worked at several factories in Tampa. Lopez describes the cigar factories, including the custom of the lector, or reader.
Keywords
Cuban Americans, Cigar makers, Cigar industry, Social life and customs, Lectors
Extent
00:32:27; 14 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Cuba; Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2010
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
Y10-00078
Recommended Citation
Lopez, Armando, "Armando Lopez Oral History Interview" (2010). Ybor City Oral History Project. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ybor_ohp/2
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