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University of Texas at El Paso

1978

El Paso- South

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Interview No. 755, Anonymous Aug 1978

Interview No. 755, Anonymous

Combined Interviews

Childhood in Mexico and in South El Paso; his father's death during the Mexican Revolution; early employment as shoeshine boy, news carrier, and Western Union messenger; dances during teenage years; marriage; and some experiences of 40 years as a taxicab driver in El Paso.

Note: Partial transcript only. Two tapes not transcribed.

Tape II- (not transcribed) Effects of prohibition, the Depression, and World War II on his life in El Paso.

Tape III- (not transcribed) Married life, retirement, comments on illegal aliens and additional information on early El Paso.


Interview No. 724, Anonymous Apr 1978

Interview No. 724, Anonymous

Combined Interviews

He describes zoot suits; tells what life was like in south El Paso in the 1930s and 1940s; talks about gang fights, local jails, and boxing in the Golden Gloves.