The Port of Los Angeles

Interviewee Collection Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Vito Giacalone Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Vito Giacalone. 

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Yukio Tatsumi Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Yukio Tatsumi.

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Lee Mardesich Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Lee Mardesich.

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Roy Coats Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Roy Coats. 

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Stephanie Mardesich Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

 

 

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Rawlin Nelson Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Rawlin Nelson.

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Joe DiMassa Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Joe DiMassa grew up in San Pedro.  His family were early immigrants from Ischia, Italy who settled in the town of San Pedro in 1905.  They started their Fish Market business and were involved in a total of three businesses. 

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Mary Giacalone Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Mary Giacalone.

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Irene Almeida Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Irene Almeida was born on August 20th, 1929, in her family home in San Pedro, California, on 18th Street. A midwife attended her birth, as was common at the time. Her father, a small fishing boat owner, was out at sea when she was born. By the time she was born, her mother, who had married at 15, was 19 and found it challenging to take care of three children, prompting her father to eventually switch from fishing to longshoring for a living. Irene's parents were immigrants from Madeira Island, a volcanic island off the coast of Africa.

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George Pasha Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with George Pasha.

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