Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

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    Principal Investigator:
    Marifrances Trivelli

  • The Port of Los Angeles celebrated its Centennial on December 9, 2007.  As part of the Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project, these interviews feature various members of the Los Angeles Harbor Area community who were interviewed in 2007 to document different eras in Port history.

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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
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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George Love, Jr. Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with George Love, Jr.

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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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Vern Hall Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Vernon Hall was born in San Pedro in 1936. He grew up in San Pedro, attended UCLA to study engineering, and then came back to San Pedro, where he lives today. His grandfather is Swedish, lived in Minnesota until they moved to San Pedro in 1905.  His grandfather and father were machinists who worked on ships in the harbor. 

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Ron Reddick Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Rod Reddick. 

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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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