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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 4] |
| Date | 10 Jul 1989 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Baldizzi Esposito, Josephine |
| Date of Recording | 10 Jul 1989 |
| Duration | 00:30:57 |
| Library / Archive | Tenement Museum, New York |
| Description | Josephine talks about her parents in Italy and how her father became a carpenter. She explains how her parents married and how her father came to America as a stowaway on board ship. She also talks further about the Second World War, particularly her mother’s visit to Italy just afterwards in 1947, photographs of the family and how the rest of the family arrived in America. |
| Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Switzerland; France; Palermo, Italy; Spain |
| Ports | New York City, United States |
| Nationality | Italian |
| People | Roosevelt, Eleanor; Baldizzi, Adolfo; Baldizzi, Rosario |
| Keywords | food, clothing, Second World War, industry, factory, employment, shipping, stowaway, Christmas, navy, First World War, army, health and sickness |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 1] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 2] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 3] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 5] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 6] |
| Copyright | Tenement Museum, New York |