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Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle

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Title

Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle

Description

In this interview, originally conducted in person, Anthony “Tony” Bernard Tapiz, Jr. speaks with Watsonville is in the Heart team member, Ian Hunt Doyle. Tony primarily talks about his grandfather, Arsenio “Archie” Soblechero Lopez, who immigrated from Villaris, Pangasinan, Philippines to California in 1929. Tony begins the interview by describing Archie’s Santa Cruz barbershop. He explains that Filipino men would gather in the Ace Cardroom, which Archie operated behind the barbershop, to gamble. He also describes how the barbershop smelled of his grandfather’s Ilokano cooking. Tony remembers attending Filipino community dances as a kid, where Archie’s band, Archie and the Islanders, would perform. Tony also speaks about his grandmother, Margaret Yepez Lopez, and her involvement in the Filipino Women’s Club of Watsonville. He touches on his grandparent’s interracial marriage and the obstacles they had to overcome to marry. He also reflects on his experience being Filipino and Mexican or “mestizo.” This interview took place at Upper Crust Pizza on Mission Street in Santa Cruz, California. This used to be the location of Archie Lopez’s barbershop. In the interview, ambient noise and the voices of other customers can be heard.

Creator

Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz Jr.
Ian Hunte Doyle

Date

March 14, 2023

Rights

Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley. Images were donated and digitally reproduced from private collections of individuals and families. Copyright remains with the original owners. All images included herein are intended for personal or educational use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. Please note that the images on this website are not included at their full resolution. For permission to publish or reproduce and for higher resolution files, please get in touch with the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are the rightful copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact the project director to discuss its removal from the archive.

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Ian Hunte Doyle

Interviewee

Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz Jr.

Original Format

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Duration

1:44:37

URL

Link to audio recording on escholarship: Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle

Files

Anthony “Tony” Bernard Tapiz Jr. interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle.pdf

Citation

Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz Jr. and Ian Hunte Doyle, “Anthony "Tony" Bernard Tapiz interviewed by Ian Hunte Doyle,” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed November 7, 2024, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/1235.

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