Occupation: Family included physicians and pharmacists
Ethnic Background: Italian
Interviewer: Theresa DePippo
Comments: This tape contains information about the Plains neighborhood. Pollano was active in the 1912 Strike, but worked in background, as writer with nom de plume, Asinello. He wrote for Italian Socialist Newspaper. Mrs. Pollano's husband bought a pharmacy, went to college to study medicine. His affiliation with Clover Hill Hospital. Role of pharmacist in early days, use of leeches
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Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.423-dpollano.mp3
Date (created)
1987-08-01