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The Delgado Family | West Side Chicana/o History (1920s–1980s)

In this episode, we follow the Delgado family across three generations—from the 1920s through the 1980s—to uncover a deeply human story of Mexican American life on Los Angeles’ West Side. At the heart of this episode is the oral history (testimonio) of Louise, whose memories guide us through neighborhoods that no longer exist but continue to live on through family stories, cultural traditions, and collective memory. Born in 1930, she reflects on her childhood in Little Tijuanita, a working-class Mexican barrio in Culver City, shaped by segregation, mutual aid, and community support, and then recalls moving into Venice. Through her voice, we explore everyday life in West Side barrios: growing up during the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, working in Veince celery fields during World War II, celebrating La Virgen de Guadalupe and El Niño Jesús at the Lopez Ranch, dancing in Santa Monica, and building community through kinship. This episode also reveals a rarely told history—the Mexican caretaking of Japanese American farms during wartime incarceration. When the Kamibayashi family was forced into internment camps, Louise's father, Ramón Delgado, stepped in to protect their ranch, preserving land, livelihood, and dignity in the face of injustice. More than nostalgia, this is a story about displacement, solidarity, and survival. It reminds us that Venice and Culver City were shaped not only by developers and industry, but by working families whose labor, culture, and care built the West Side. West Side Chicano History documents the people and places that mainstream histories leave behind—because the story of Los Angeles is incomplete without them.