Oral history interview, Doris Gonzales, 2013 (audio and summary)
Her parents and grandparents; American Indian relatives; mother's work bottling beer during prohibition; large household at 601 Alpine, Boulder; growing fruit and vegetables; children's work; sports at school; purchase of houses by uncle Pete; mother had TB, to sanitarium; children taken in by uncle and aunt; nephew was POW (Prisoner of War) in Japan for 5 years but survived, WW II; World War II; discrimination in getting jobs; experience at cafe in Longmont with white trade only sign, 1947
ID:
BCLHP-MKM-348
Date:
11/8/2013
Time Period:
1920s-30s
1940s
1950s-1965
1966-1970s
1980s-90s
2000-2013
People Shown or Mentioned:
Doris Gonzales; Leslie Ogeda; Mike Ogeda; Pete Saragosa; Nick Gonzales; Emma Gomez Martinez; Diaz family in Boulder; Madrigal family in Boulder; Gomez family in Boulder
Location of Original:
Maria Rogers Oral History Program at Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder Public Library
Producer:
The Boulder Weekly
Interviewer/Narrator:
Jeff Dodge
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