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Berger, Allen, 1979 June 02

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Identifier: OH 8297.062
Abstract The Berger interview provides detailed accounts of living conditions (markets and outhouses) and neighborhood life in East Baltimore with comparison to West Baltimore, in particular. He recounts his parents hunt for employment, children at work and at play (“city springs,” vaudeville shows at the Palace Theatre, picnics along the wharf), and the importance of access to transportation (Riverside Park, Tolchester beach, Betterton beach). There is also some talk of the unifying nature of work...
Dates: 1979 June 02

Lombardi, Nicholas, 1979 February 11-12 & 14, April 16 & June 05

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Identifier: OH 8297.060
Abstract On Tapes 1 and 2, he discusses growing up in Baltimore during the Depression and his family’s general living conditions (housing, clothing, food). His education was cut short by the Depression and by poor relationships with teachers (feelings of alienation and discrimination). Later, he pursued an education and graduated from night school in 1942.The narrator believed that he did not have the opportunity to get training as a skilled laborer; he also felt discriminated against by his Irish...
Dates: 1979 February 11-12 & 14, April 16 & June 05