Irene Prince and Gary Prince
Recorded
May 11, 2009
43:33 minutes
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Id:
MBY005413
Description
Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.Subject Log / Time Code
Irene was born Annie Irene Swain, but she didn’t want to be called Annie because they had a dog named Annie.
Irene’s father’s store had an advertisement for the movie theater on the side. Irene could go to the movies every Saturday night.
Irene would wake up at 4am, work 10 hour days at the Boeing plant in Wichita, KS and then go roller skating until midnight.
Friends invited Irene and her husband, Don, to go sailing from the East coast to the West coast via the Panama Canal, but they said no. The boat ended up being lost in a storm.
Gary’s dad was 18 when he was born.
Participants
- Irene Prince
- Gary Prince
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Annie Irene Swain
- B-29
- birth of first child
- Boeing
- castor oil
- Chemotherapy
- Cupertino, CA
- Don Prince
- dustbowl
- economic beliefs and practices
- family naming and nicknames
- family trips and excursions
- Great Depression stories
- illness
- lumpectomy
- Madras, OR
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- Money
- new york
- personal experiences
- Polio
- radiation
- Roller skates
- Roller skating
- Rosie the Riveter
- RV
- Spouse
- USC
- Wichita, KS
- World War II
- WWII