Ybor City Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Gary R. Mormino and Gayla Jamison
Publication Date
4-28-2009
Date
1984-07-06
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with Eugenio Rodriguez, longtime resident of Ybor City. His parents, immigrants from Spain, came to Tampa when Rodriguez was a baby. Both Rodriguez and his father were cigar makers, working at several different factories. In this interview, he discusses the cigar trade, the custom of lectors (readers) in factories, and the mutual aid societies.
Keywords
Spanish Americans, Cigar Industry, Social life and customs, Immigrants, Lectors, Mutual aid societies
Extent
01:00:25; 22 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Spain; Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2009
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
Y10-00063
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Eugenio, "Eugenio Rodriguez" (2009). Ybor City Oral History Project. 9.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ybor_ohp/9
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