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Subject Source: general

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jacques, Carol; Rumble, Bill (wife, husband). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-24T17:30:00

 File — Interview-id MBY006236
Interview Description Carol Jacques talks to her husband, Bill rumble about her grandparents' emigration to the US from Mexico at the turn of the century and the community of Chavez Ravine where her family had their home until the community was razed. Facilitator Subject Log 01:11 Carol's grandparents and stories of their lives in poverty in Mexico. When they emigrated to the US, the family carried a stone corn-grinder called a metate all the way....
Dates: 2010-02-24T17:30:00

Morales, Maria; Morales, Pascualita (mother, daughter), East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-15T15:30:00

 File — Interview-id MBY006202
Interview Description Maria Morales tells her daughter, Pascualita Morales about her childhood in East LA and her own parents. Facilitator Subject Log 00:40 Maria was born and grew up here in East LA in a family of 12 siblings. Maria's parents worked at anything that would support a large family from making tortillas to going up north to pick crops. 08:10 Maria's siblings got in trouble for throwing her and her younger brother out of the house to fend...
Dates: 2010-02-15T15:30:00