Ybor City Oral History Project
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Interviewer
George E. Pozzetta
Publication Date
1-19-2010
Date
1980-04-24
Abstract
This is an interview with Aurora Fernandez, a longtime resident of Ybor City, Florida. Fernandez was born in Havana in 1891 and came to Tampa with her family in 1909. She worked in various cigar factories from 1913 to 1937. During the 1920 strike, which lasted for ten months, she had her second son, her husband went to Cuba to work, and many other people went to Detroit; they all returned when the strike was over. When Fernandez first came to Ybor City, she lived in a mixed Spanish-Cuban-Italian neighborhood. On Saturday nights, everyone went to Seventh Avenue to walk around, go to dances, and look for potential spouses; she met her husband at the cigar factory. She used to play bolita, a type of lottery, and once won some money to buy her daughter a dress. For this interview, she is joined by Maria Fernandez, possibly her daughter or another relative, who adds comments.
Keywords
Cuban Americans, Cigar Industry, Social life and customs, Strikes and lockouts
Extent
00:15:33;
Subject: geographic
Cuba; Havana (Cuba); Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2010
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
Y10-00016
Recommended Citation
Fernandez, Aurora and Fernandez, Maria, "Aurora and Maria Fernandez Oral History Interview" (2010). Ybor City Oral History Project. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ybor_ohp/4
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