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Maria Fortino, Clip 1: Coming to America Onboard the Raffaello

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Maria Fortino
Date: Time Period: 1955 - 2017; 2017-03-07; Interview recorded: March 7 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:01:58
Creator: Maria Fortino interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez Identifier: aql:22057 fortino-maria-clip1

Description: Maria Fortino talks about her family's journey to the United States. She and her family traveled by passenger ship called the Raffaello. Her family chose to travel via ship instead of by airplane because it was cheaper.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22221

Creator : Maria Fortino interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez

Date : Time Period: 1955 - 2017; 2017-03-07; Interview recorded: March 7 2017

Summary/Description : Maria Fortino talks about her family's journey to the United States. She and her family traveled by passenger ship called the Raffaello. Her family chose to travel via ship instead of by airplane because it was cheaper.

Subject : Emigration and immigration; Families

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: College Point, Queens, NY College Point (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:01:58

Identifier : aql:22057 fortino-maria-clip1

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