Record made in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, August 24, 1939. transcript

Ybor City, now a neighborhood within Tampa, was settled in 1886 by Cuban cigar manufacturers under the leadership of Vicente Martínez de Ybor. The cigar companies moved from Key West to avoid unionization of their workers.

cuban americans transcripts manuscripts spanish stetson kennedy and robert cook florida wpa recordings florida folklife from the wpa collections 1937 1942 american folklife center american memory esther andux evelia andux evelio andux orbito andux ziomara andux robert harrison cook stetson kennedy martin noriega ybor city

01/01/1939

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