De La Cruz, Lourdes; De La Cruz, Hector; De La Cruz, Claudia; De La Cruz, Alejandro (mother/grandfather/daughter/son). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-15T17:30:00
Interview Description
Lourdes (62) y Hector De La Cruz(65) hablan con sus hijos Claudia (41) y Alejandro De La Cruz de cuando se conocieron, la boda que tuvieron y el primer embarazo de Lourdes. [Lourdes (62) & Hector (65) De La Cruz talk with children Claudia (41) and Alejandro (28) about the first time they met, their marriage and their first child.]
01:55 Lourdes cuenta la historia de cuando primer conocio a Hector.
10:30 Hector cuenta la historia de cuando salio con Lourdes por primera vez en Tijuana.
17:00 Hector cuenta la historia de como llego a comprar el anillo de compromiso.
26:00 Lourdes y Hector cuentan la historia de cuando nacio Claudia, la primera hija.
34:40 Hector cuenta la historia de como llegaron a vivir en el Valle de San Fernando en Los Angeles, Ca.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-02-15T17:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in Spanish
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Best Friends
- Birth
- Bosses
- Carniceria
- Children
- Colonia Cacho
- Colonia Morelos
- Community Businesses
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Corner Stores
- Coworkers
- Earliest Memories
- Engagements
- Fear
- First Job
- First Meetings
- Hipodromo Tijuana
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- La Luz Del Dia
- Maria Immaculada Tijuana
- Marriage
- Neighborhood Life
- Ofelia Murillo
- Pachucos
- Parents
- Pest Control
- San Fernando Valley
- Siblings
- Singing
- Street Sellers
- Town Life
- Trends
- Valle De San Fernando
- Van Nuys
- Vicente Saldivar
- Victoria Ortiz
- Weddings
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apprenticeships
- birth of first child
- courting
- craft, skills, and procedures
- economic beliefs and practices
- Ethnicity
- family in-jokes
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- family reunions
- family traditions
- family trips and excursions
- fights
- first dates
- first impression of America
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- money
- personal experiences
- pregnancy and pre-natal care
- religious beliefs and practices
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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Austin Texas 78712 United States
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bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu