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Tellerino, Rose. Interview. (Folder 612)

 

Oral history interview covering childhood in Italy, Italian language, father's attitude towards America, father against children speaking English, Clark/Polk neighbourhood of Chicago, engagement and marriage, father's decision to come to America, father's attitude towards education, childhood games, Italian restaurants and bars in Chicago, relations with Chinese immigrants, Italian prostitutes, visits to Italy, the Great Depression, husband working in the construction business in New York, employment in a department store, religious activities and the rejection of Catholicism.