James & Amelia Bacca (b. 1904)

Residence: Onaway; Potlatch
Occupation(s): Fireman and Homemaker (Amelia)
Family Origin: Amelia: Emigrated from northern Italy in 1920; came to Potlatch in 1927 | James: Came from northern Italy in 1931

Interviews

James & Amelia Bacca Interview #1, 9/24/1976

Topics:
Adaptation to America. Subsistence living near Trent, Italy; local interest in America. Depression struggle. Coal mining in Wyoming; settling in Potlatch. Other Onaway Italians. 9-24-76 2.6 hr 60p
Duration:
2:41:35
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Great Depression accidents bootlegging churches cooking death education families fire fighters friendship gyppos illness immigrants languages mills nurses roads unions wine winter women
Locations:
Onaway Potlatch Italy Elk River
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"James & Amelia Bacca (b. 1904)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/bacca_jamesandamelia.html
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