audio

2007.500.116

Core
Old No
95
Title
Contarino, Rosario
Title (generic)
Tape
Accession No.

Born: 1896 (Sicily)
Occupation: Owned meat market; film producer; painter and paper hanger
Ethnic Background: Italian (Sicily)
Interviewer: Theresa DePippo
Comments: Rosario was one of a group of children present at congressional hearings on the 1912 Strike. He had been working as a yarn boy. He met President Taft. His father owned a market and the Cosmopolitan Theatre. He and his brother built a film studio, wrote screen plays, and made films. He toured Canada with their film St. Genevieva. Recollections of Common St., Newbury St., and Essex St.

See also # 18

Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection

https://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.116-conta…

Date (created)
1982-04-29
Format
1 tape, 60 minutes
Language
English
Administrative
Release
NoRelease
Location
2nd Floor Oral History Room
Line Index
NoLineIndex
NoTranscript
Cataloged By
Kiley_ Amita
Cataloged On
Status
OK
Copy
NoCopy
Folder
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