Annie Guardino Wallace Annie Guardino tells us ofher life in San Francisco's North Beach Italian community as a child. Herfatherwas a fruit and vegetable sellerby horse and buggy and her motherworked for Levi Strauss and H & L Block makingjeans and airmen'sjackets. Anniewas bom in 1917, sowine and home made pasta was still being made in the homes ofthe Italian immigrants. SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER San FranciscoPublicLibrary STACKS REFERENCE BOOK Not to be taken from the Library 1223 oy^^? ^^"i^ THIS INTERVIEW IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS NO PORTION OF THIS TRANSCRIPTION MAY BE QUOTED OR T^EPRODUCED WTTHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION ROM: Office of the President The Telegraph Hill Dwellers P.O. Box 3301 59 San Francisco, CA 941 33 P.O. BOX 330159 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133 - 415.273.1004 www.thd.org ^ 1 1954lopeqiehjoiedielusioriciradiHonsofSonFrancisco'sTelegraphHAandlorepresent communif/ii^aresisofitsrestdei^andpropertyownen . ERRATA Anne Guardino Wallace Telegraph Hill Dwellers Oral History, San Francisco, CA The following are corrections for typographical errors. They are offered by Flora Montalto, a relative of Anne. Her husband was the young boy shown in the photo with Anne (after page 26) Pg. 31 (bottom) ...La Voce Del Poppolo Pg. 32 (bottom) ...Valente Marini Pg. 53 (middle) ...La Voce Del Poppolo May 13, 2009 PROJECT: TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS ORAL HISTORY NARRATOR: Annie Guardino Wallace INTERVIEW DATES: May 1 and May 8, 2000 INTERVIEWER: Oral History Committee Member TRANSCRIBER: Claudette Allison EDITOR: Rozell Overmire PHOTO EDITOR: Peter Overmire Interviewer's and Editor's Comments [ ]: A native born San Franciscan, Annie Guardino Wallace, came from an Italian immigrant family. She recalls the struggle ofimmigrant families in settling in San Francisco and thevarious ways poorerfamUies were helped by theNorth Beach community.