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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 1] |
| Date | 10 Jul 1989 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Baldizzi Esposito, Josephine |
| Date of Recording | 10 Jul 1989 |
| Duration | 00:23:48 |
| Library / Archive | Tenement Museum, New York |
| Description | Josephine describes her early childhood in 97 Orchard Street, Lower East Side, New York, how her parents arrived from Italy and why they wished to live in America. She talks about the food they ate, the employment her father used to get as a cabinet maker and her relationship to some of the other families living in the tenement. |
| Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Switzerland; France; Palermo, Italy |
| Ports | New York City, United States |
| Nationality | Italian |
| People | Cohen, Bessie; Raspizzio, Jenny; Raspizzio, Raymond; Bonofiglio, Rita; Drago, Josephine; Offman, Bea |
| Keywords | Depression, food, trade, Jewish, immigration, education, politics, sanitation, tenement house, shipping, travel, religion, Christmas, employment |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 2] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 3] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 4] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 5] Interview with Josephine Baldizzi Esposito [Part 6] |
| Copyright | Tenement Museum, New York |