The Port of Los Angeles

Interviewee Collection Sort ascending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Seymour Waterman Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Seymour Waterman. 

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Emilei Noceti Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Emilei Noceti. 

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Carol Thomas Rugnetta Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Carol Thomas Rugnetta.

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Matthew Matich Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Matthew Matich.

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Joe Marino Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Joe Marino was born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1927.  In 1941, invited by his childhood friend Mr. LaPenta, Joe’s father decided to move to San Pedro. Joe Marino immediately began working in San Pedro as a newspaper boy, where he sold newspapers on the corner of Sixth and Beacon Street. After high school, he enlisted in the Navy. He worked as a Fisherman for a few years after his military service. Joe decided to go to college and major in education. He became a teacher and retired as a Principal from the City School District in 1987.

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Angie Papadakis Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Angie Papadakis.

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Carroll Dee Brown Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Carroll Dee Brown was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma in 1927. In 1944, he moved to the port area of Los Angeles to work as a welder. He met his wife at a dance in Redondo and they were married for fifty-four years. After his initial three months at the port, Brown did not return to work there but continued working in construction and shipyards. 

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Lanny Nelms Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Lanny Nelms.

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George Griffith Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with George Griffith.

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James Hahn Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with James Hahn. 

 

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