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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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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. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Joe Gatlin | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Joe Gatlin. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Joe Itson | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Joe Itson. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
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. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Joe Radisich | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Joe Radisich. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
John Abler | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
John Abler is an experienced sturgeon fisherman with a wealth of stories and knowledge about the sport. He has been involved in sturgeon fishing since the early 1940s and his experiences include memorable encounters with sturgeon and fishing trips with his father. Abler's expertise and passion for sturgeon fishing are evident in his detailed accounts of his experiences, making him a valuable source of information for those interested in the sport. |
Unknown | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
John Ara | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
John Ara was born in Brooklyn in 1922 and raised in Spain until the age of sixteen. He returned to the United States and faced challenges in proving his American citizenship due to the destruction of his birth documents during the Spanish Civil War. Ara's journey to establish his citizenship involved a series of encounters, including a fortuitous meeting with a doctor who had delivered him as a child. Ara's first job in the U.S. was in the fish canneries. He then joined the Merchant Marine and served for about four years before joining the Navy during World War II. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
John Del Rosario | Voices of the Bay |
John is Northern California Abalone Farmer. In this interview he starts with the history of abalones; how they were mainly found in Asia and Asian cultured dishes, and the main consumers of abalones in America are the Asian community. Then he shares to his audience the hardships of raising baby Abalones to adulthood in their facility. He also makes a comparison between ocean-caged raised abalones and land farm abalones, and how his land-farmed facility has more controlled over raising abalones. |
Unknown | Unknown | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | |
John DiBernardo | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
John Di Bernardo was born in 1947 in San Pedro, California. His parents emigrated from Ischia, Italy, to San Pedro. His father was a fisherman who owned several boats. Eventually, his father worked on his uncle's boat, the Santa Maria, until retiring when John was nine years old. John's mother worked in the canneries and the harbor on Terminal Island during World War II. In 1985, John began working for Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), starting as a superintendent and later managing the Indies Terminal and overseeing its expansion into the YTI Terminal. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
John Guest | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with John Guest. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles |