Ybor City Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Gary R. Mormino and Gayla Jamison
Publication Date
3-29-2010
Date
1984-05-23
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Wilfredo Rodriguez, longtime resident of Ybor City. Rodriguez was born in Cuba and came to Tampa in 1902. His father, Francisco Rodriguez, was a lector (reader) known as "El Mexicano" in cigar factories in Cuba and Tampa. Rodriguez, who was himself a lector, describes their role in the factory, the process by which one became a lector, and the materials read.
Keywords
Cuban Americans, Cigar Industry, Cigar makers, Social life and customs, Lectors
Extent
00:27:16; 19 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
Y10-00064
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Wilfredo, "Wilfredo Rodriguez Oral History Interview" (2010). Ybor City Oral History Project. 23.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ybor_ohp/23
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