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In a three-part interview conducted over three days, Luisa Landini describes her childhood in Montale, Italy and her life after immigrating to the United States. In part one, she talks about life in Italy, working on a farm and in the fields, and her immigration to the United States via ship at the age of twenty-two. She talks about coming to America to marry Pete Landini and her homesickness for Italy when she arrived. She speaks about the family’s...
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Marion Bowman talks about the origins of the Mesa County Peach Administrative Board, an elected body that helped establish fair peach pricing and advocated for the local peach industry. He discusses peach marketing, transportation, inspection, labor, and competition from other peach-growing regions. He recalls agricultural cooperatives involved in the marketing of area produce. Helen Bowman also contributes the occasional insight. The interview was...