Maria Padilla

Title

Maria Padilla

Description

A collection of items brought to the History Harvest by Maria Padilla.

Creator

Maria Padilla

Source

Personal Collection of Maria Padilla

Publisher

Maria Padilla
CCSU Public History

Date

Accession Date: April 29, 2018

Contributor

Maria Padilla

Rights

Copyright to this resource is held by Maria Padilla and is presented here by CCSU for educational purposes only.

Language

English

Collection Items

Photograph of a Government/Military Issued I.D. <br /><br />
Photograph of a child wearing a Yale football helmet
Maria Padilla immigrated from Puerto Rico to the Hardware City at just sixteen years old.  At the time, almost half of the Puerto Rican Community in the Greater Hartford area was under the age of eighteen.  As the influx of young Puerto Ricans…

An oral history given by Maria Padilla concerning her History Harvest items.
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