FRANCOJAMES

Interview with James M. Franco, 1973

 

1973-12-17

 

Interviewer: Dakis, James H., Jr.

Franco was born on April 10, 1914 in Chios, Greece. His family arrived in San Diego when he was only 7 years old. His father began working in the local fish markets and eventually came to own his own fish market, which allowed the family a comfortable middle-class life. The failure of the family's business during the early days of the Depression came as a shock to the hitherto prosperous Franco family. It caused both Franco and his father to become common working men, searching for whatever work they could find to support the household.

James M. Franco; James H. Dakis, Jr.; Oral histories; Interviews; San Diego; Great Depression; Family-owned businesses; Immigrants; Poverty; San Diego High School; Evictions; Navy retirees; Herbert Hoover; Conservatism; Civilian Conservation Corps; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Works Projects Administration; New Deal; United States Social Security Administration; Civilian Conservation Corps camps; Pine Valley Civilian Conservation Corps camp; Barracks; Employment agencies; Job scams; Organized labor; Labor unions; California Pacific International Exposition (San Diego, 1935); Working conditions; Union organizing; Fishing industry; High school dropouts; Snyder Continuation High School

 

Location: California - La Mesa

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English

 

Audiotape

01:02:38

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Audio

MP3

28.66 MB