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Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.
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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.
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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.
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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.
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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard
Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.
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Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 2, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse
Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 2, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos, November 22, 1993, Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters talk about growing up on French Island in Old Town; family history; emigration from Canada; neighbors; swimming; ball games; food shopping on the Island; ice and milk delivery; parents' work; Great Depression; changes on the Island; vegetable gardens; keeping pigs and chickens; Christmas celebrations; French food; St. Joseph School; speaking French at home and school; buying and making clothes; funeral customs and wakes; bootlegging and homebrew; tobacco …
Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 1, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse
Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 1, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos, November 22, 1993, Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters talk about growing up on French Island in Old Town; family history; emigration from Canada; neighbors; swimming; ball games; food shopping on the Island; ice and milk delivery; parents' work; Great Depression; changes on the Island; vegetable gardens; keeping pigs and chickens; Christmas celebrations; French food; St. Joseph School; speaking French at home and school; buying and making clothes; funeral customs and wakes; bootlegging and homebrew; tobacco …