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Title

Anna Lambert Cardillo Interview

Subject

Cardillo, Anna Lambert; Cardillo, Dominic Sr.;

Description

Anna Lambert Cardillo discusses life growing up during the depression, education, dating Dominic Cardillo Sr., and recreation.

Publisher

Saratoga Springs Public Library

Date

1997

Rights

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Format

MP3

Language

English

Identifier

WSONP.0041.a.1

All Available Item Data

Interviewer

Mary Ann Cardillo Fitzgerald

Interviewee

Anna Lambert Cardillo

Location

49 Henry St, Saratoga Springs, NY

Original Format

Cassette Tape

Duration

01:34:07

Time Summary

Tape 1 Side A Notes
00:00:30 Dominic J Cardillo Sr. “An Adventure in the Adirondacks”
00:01:40 Activities for teenagers, playing games
00:02:35 Dated, went to the movies
00:04:00 Lambert/Lamberti, her father
00:04:30 Grandfather came from Italy
00:06:20 Nova Scotia
00:06:40 Father worked all through the Depression
00:07:55 Working at DeSantis Restaurant [on Railroad Place] during the Depression
00:09:35 Siblings dropping out of school, but she graduated
00:10:15 Italian girls often went to college
00:12:41 Next paragraph in Dominic’s narrative
00:15:05 Married in 1934, graduated in 1932
00:16:20 Husband worked at Bath House at the time
00:18:35 Paid $15 a week rent on Division Street
00:19:40 Van Raalte
00:22:20 Price Chopper, Central Market
00:25:00 Aunt Mary Arpey
00:26:00 Wedding
00:29:45 15 in Dominic’s graduation
00:29:55 Dominic accepted to college, did not go, $600-$700
00:31:15 Smoking, rolled own cigarettes
00:33:10 Fusco’s
00:34:45 Washington Street
00:37:25 Friday night jam sessions
00:39:10 Spin the Bottle

Tape 1 Side B Notes
00:46:00 Train trips with father
00:49:50 Franklin Roosevelt
00:50:10 Dominic’s recount of seeing Franklin D. Roosevelt
00:51:55 Lincoln bath house
00:54:35 First baby in 1936
00:58:00 First baby born at home
00:58:25 Dr. Harrington
00:58:35 Midwife
00:59:00 Discussing first baby, birth and infant care
01:07:05 Second baby in the hospital
01:15:45 $4,200 for a house on Grand Avenue
01:16:05 Dominic sold insurance

NY Heritage Topic

Daily Life; People; Community & Events; Work & Labor;

Physical Format

Oral histories

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Citation

“Anna Lambert Cardillo Interview,” Saratoga Room Digital Exhibits, accessed July 31, 2025, https://digitalarchive.sspl.org/items/show/378.

Output Formats

File

WSONP.0041.a.1.mp3

Interactive Version