Name/Title
Asaro, KateEntry/Object ID
OH00007Scope and Content
Fish Cannery
Mrs. Katie Asaro arrived in San Diego in 1916. Her parents moved the family south from San Francisco. They found the climate in San Diego more like that of their Italian homeland and became permanent residents.
The Asaros were in the fishing business. Mrs. Asaro's father has worked as a fisherman in San Francisco working on the Star of India, and he continued workin gon various fishing boats and eventually from his own boat. Later he went inot repairing and making fishing nets.
Mrs. Katie Asaro also worked in the fishing industry, starting as a cannery worker at the age of sixteen. She worked as a packer but is able to describe the various processes of tuna processing.
Mrs. Asaro tells an interesting story of the asjustment of an Italian family, the problems of the fishing industry, the hardships caused by the depression, and participation in American Life.
Thomas E. Walt, Editor
August 19, 1991Collection
Oral History CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Oral History, Fish Cannery