JFRANCISCOPUBLICLIBRARY 3 1223 90199 4419 MARIE HARRINGTON MARIE HARRINGTON 5ANFRANCISCOHISTORYCENTES San Francisco PublicLibrary STACKS REFERENCE BOOK Not to be taken from the Library Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from San Francisco Public Library http://www.archive.org/details/marieharringtonOOharr G^^^^il^^^^ O v^ \^ ^, ^^ ^l I \ ^.^ 6^ CA P.O. Box 330159 San Francisco, 94133 THIS INTERVIEW IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS NO PORTION OF THIS TRANSCRIPTION MAY BE QUOTED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM: Office of the President The Telegraph Hill Dwellers P.O. Box 330159 San Francisco, CA 94133 Founded in 1954 to perpetuate the historic traditions of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and to represent the community interests of its residents and property owners. o o o CM t— 0) o u O c o c 0) CD PROJECT: TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT DATE: December 999 9, 1 TRANSCRIBER: Judith A. Powell INTERVIEW DATE: May 18, 1999 NARRATOR: Marie Harrington INTERVIEWER: Audrey Tomaselli [Transcriber's Comments] Audrey Tomaselli: This is the Telegraph Hill Dwellers Oral History Project. am interviewing Marie Harrington in her home at 1714 Grant I Avenue, where she has lived for most of her 75 years. It is Tuesday, May 1 8, 1 999. May I call you Marie? Marie Harrington: Certainly. AUDREY: The other day you told me that your mom's name was Mary DeMartini. have been reading some history of Telegraph Hill and I , I know that the DeMartini family -- don't know whether they're I different DeMartinis or just a lot of branches of the same family.... MARIE: There are a lot of different DeMartinis. Where they came Page 1