Interviews conducted by George C. Barker discussing dialect of the Pachuco language used by members of Tucson, Arizona youth gangs in the 1940s. Poor sound quality.
Interviews conducted by George C. Barker discussing dialect of the Pachuco language used by members of Tucson, Arizona youth gangs in the 1940s. Poor sound quality.
Josefina Padilla talks about her life and family history, in addition to telling some anecdotes about pachucos. She starts by telling the story of her birth because she was born in Hermosillo just months before the Mexican Revolution started, on the…
Louie and Ida Rivera, a married couple living in Barrio Hollywood in Tucson, Arizona discuss their life histories and comment on aspects of pachuco culture and its language, Caló. Louie was born in 1927 in Jerome, Arizona and after some time in the…
A woman named Aurora Arrieta details a dispute she witnessed from her window at the Santa Regina Hotel in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Ms. Arrieta explains that at around 11 at night, she heard voices on the street and a woman screaming. She looked out the…
