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This is an interview with my father on the Great Depression and how it and the recession affected my family.

We talked about his time growing up and his family life. We also talked about his time in the military and what he would like to be remembered for.

Carl Parmenter tells his granddaughter about growing up in the Great Depression, living as a migrant worker, working on his sawmill, and building houses.

The life and legacy of Bill Gertz

My step grandmother (Katie Wilhelm, I call her Teeta haha) and I talked about her family and travels throughout her life so far, including her Dad who served in World War 2.

Kenny Shold grew up in Port Townsend, Washington and talks about his life growing up, trapping then moving to Seattle to attend school at University of Washington just to be shipped off to war in 1941.

Interview with great grandma about the great depression.

My gendmother is 97 and has been alive from the depression to now.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Lafayette, NJ, Myra is discussing her memories from her childhood and how her life changed once meeting her husband Carmen. She talks about the struggles of being financially unstable in her childhood,...

We talked about the person life

Bernie Moray is talking about his childhood during the depression.

The Great Recession was bad

I interviewed my 96 year old Grandmother and discussed her childhood, including her school life and what the great depression entailed.

James North (16 years) interviews Don North (92) his grandpa im Canton Michigan on Tuesday January 10th of 2023. Don talks about his time as a kid in school his friends and the great depression along with his later years...

My interview was conducted on December 7, 2017 in Oak Lawn, IL. This is an interview of my grandma, Eileen O’Brien age 85. This is the life story of my grandma. You will hear about her parents, her siblings, her...

This is an interview I did with my grandmother (Bubi) about her challenging childhood during the Great Depression. (Note: My grandmother has been previously diagnosed with dementia, which is why there were some aspects of her story that were repeated.)

Grandma Bloom talks about her childhood, in Indiana.

family interview

Talks about her life storys and traveling to America

My mother talks about growing up in the depression and memories of a special aunt.

1993 interview of Dolphus Lawrence Putman, the son of an Alabama coal miner who was killed in a mining accident in 1927, relating to his growing up as one of 8 children being raised by a single mother during the...

Morri explains his love for his father as well as the education system in milwaukee growing up.

We talked about my grandma's life and her relatives, parents etc. And what kind of things she had to face and the struggles in her life.

In this interview, conducted on November 22nd 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Cook (17) interviews his great aunt, Shirley Lowe (80) about her childhood during the Great Depression and how the world has progressed. She also talks about the technological...

In this interview, conducted in Andover, MN, Trea Houska (14) interviews her grandpa, Bob Houska (84) about his life growing up in a small town in northern Minnesota. Bob talks about his favorite hobbies as a child during the Great...