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    MBY000267
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    40:03
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    agoldman
    July 22, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A mother and daughter talk about family history.

    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • colon cancer and diabetes
    • ectopic pregnancy
    • Elope
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • illness
    • illness support groups
    • Influential People
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    45:00
    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

    • 1950s
    • 1970s
    • Abe Diamond
    • adaptations
    • Admiration
    • American holidays
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • aphorisms
    • Appearance
    • Appreciation
    • Bad memories
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • celebrating heritage
    • close-knit families
    MBY003724
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    39:57
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    Rose Gorman
    March 6, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Betty Jane Moczygemba, Mary Inselmann, and Mary Jane Verette remember Genevieve Isaacs, Betty and Mary’s mother and Mary Jane’s grandmother.

    • American Revolution
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Hammond
    • cemetery traditions
    • Christopher Hammond
    • Clower Street (San Antonio, TX)
    • egg dyeing parties
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Genevieve Isaacs
    • illness
    • Ireland
    • John Gibson
    • memories of growing up
    GCT004804
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    37:07
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    Steven Thrasher
    March 8, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    John Lauer, Jr. interviews his father John “Jack” Lauer, Sr. about growing up in a coal town in PA and about how he met his mother.

    • 45 degree Fllen
    • apprenticeships
    • Ashland, PA
    • Beer
    • breast weighing contest
    • breasts
    • Briser Fullen
    • Buzzer Graber
    • Coal
    • community worthies
    • death of mother
    • Dopey Umlauf
    • DuPont
    • Empire State Building
    • English
    MBY006037
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    40:28
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    Nina Porzucki
    December 10, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

    • Abuela
    • almuerzo
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bigote
    • Buñuelos
    • Christmas Traditions
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cookies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • dancing with Mary Kay
    • Director of Mary Kay
    • el rancho
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    MBY006212
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    42:55
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    February 19, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Angie Apodaca (74) talks with her daughter Cynthia Apodaca (47) about losing her son Eric to HIV/AIDS.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cemetery traditions
    • community worthies
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • gay
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • Injuries
    • Las Memorias Project
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    wtc000266
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    00:00
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    cbancroft
    November 26, 2005 World Trade Center Booth

    Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

    • Appearance
    • Cattle ranching
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mexican-American
    MBY004268
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    39:23
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    Sasha Rodriguez
    July 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

    • Alamosa
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    • Orphanage
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    GCT004736
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    53:47
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    Michelle Swinehart
    February 9, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

    • 4th Grade
    • birth of first child
    • capitalism
    • Childhood Games
    • Communism
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • May Day Parade
    • memories of former times
    MBX006278
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    38:12
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 25, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ivette de Pool (37) interviews father Pedro de Pool (64) about family heritage and about his experience as an actor and announcer in Cuba and in the U.S.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • announcer
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • baritone
    • birth of first child
    • Black
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commercial
    • Communism
    • communismo
    • Cuba
    • Curacao
    • de Pool

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