Culver City,
California
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Fred Delgado Oral History
Date Made: April 18, 2016
Country: United States
Materials: digital files; paper
Robert “Fred” Delgado’s interview was genuine, tender, and joyful. It discussed aspects of his life that he considered significant. The interviewer had to probe for information in very few instances as Mr. Delgado divulged personal and professional aspects of his life without prompting. The son of Mexican parents he was born in Culver City, California in 1949. He was raised in the near neighborhood of Mar Vista and attended there Venice High School. Soon after graduation from high school in 1967 he was hired by Northrop Aircraft Corporation where he worked for forty-five years until retirement in 2012. In 1982 he purchased a home in Culver City, CA and still resides there. He married Diane in 1981 and they have two children. Delgado likes to vacation and previously was an ardent fisherman. He likes rock and roll music and also likes his music loud. Not surprisingly, his favorite Los Angeles sound is the one of an aircraft passing overhead. Fred Delgado is an American patriot.
Accession Number: 2016.041.001
Credit Line: Delgado, Fred (April 18, 2016). Interview by Ricardo Aponte. Cold War Culver City Oral History Project, Claremont Graduate University and The Wende Museum, Culver City.
Collection/Series: Cold War Culver City Oral Histories
Access Restrictions: none