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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0083-accs
  • Summary(0:27) Came to Bushwick from Puerto Rico 1962 with mother and eleven sisters -- (1:14) Moved into Italian neighborhood of Evergreen -- (1:50) A big family enjoying being together -- (2:26) Only Spanish family in the building -- (4:07) Learning the language and the city -- (5:55) Italians moving out and Dominicans moving in -- (6:26) Played jump-rope and double-dutch outside while the boys played baseball -- (6:58) Block parties in neighbors’ apartments -- (7:50) Discovered Knickerbocker Avenue after the New York City Blackout 77 -- (9:28) Learning to take care of sisters and to cook -- (10:14) Her mother counting the sisters before bedtime -- (11:01) Family parties and bingo -- (11:27) Seven bedroom apartment, the largest in the building -- (12:33) The new landlord wanted to convert apartment into single bedroom units -- (13:48) Still owning the apartment, even though the building was burned in a fire -- (15:07) Moving to Bedford-Stuyvesant 25 years ago -- (16:32) Staying active with the local Senior Center and it’s arts programs.
  • Date2017-03-06
  • Physical Description1 sound file (20 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorValle, Migdalia
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on March 6, 2017, by Taina Evans at Diana H. Jones Senior Center. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectPuerto Ricans ; Puerto Rican families ; Emigration and immigration ; Games ; Electric power failures ; Block parties ; Fires ; Community arts projects ; Senior centers ; Italian americans ; Dominican Americans
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Migdalia Valle on 2017 March 6.