Interview: Michael Giovanelli & Frank Di Sipio

Interview: Michael Giovanelli & Frank Di Sipio

Interviewed at the Marconi Center in South Philadelphia, these two Italian-American men recount their early experiences with education and work life. Giovanelli emigrated with his family from Naples in 1918, working at Hog Island Shipyard during World War I and eventually retiring from a career at General Electric as a mechanical designer. Di Sipio was born to immigrant parents in South Philadelphia, where he grew up with nine children in a three-room house. At the time of the interview, both men were actively involved in the community life of the Marconi Center, a program for older adults, and in Saint Monica’s Catholic Parish.

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Charles Hardy

Michael Giovanelli

Frank De Sipio

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Depressions--1929

World War, 1914-1918

Dwellings

Housing.

Education

Childhood

Alcoholic beverage law violations

Crime.

Distillation

Distilling, illicit

Police.

Politicians

Politics and government

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Irish Americans.

Irish Americans--Social life and customs.

Kolby Gonzalez