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Contributors
Interviewee: Lowe, Eleanor Mary
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2004-09-29
Date Digitized
2010-06-08
Abstract
This interview is with Eleanor Mary Lowe of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Eleanor talks about her family, life growing up in the early 1900s, Prince of Wales College and Model School, local businesses in Charlottetown, movies, opera, traveling to Montreal and Toronto to study art, radio and telephones, and her work as an art teacher.
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Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:28
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1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
***The majority of the audio is of fair quality, however there are parts where the audio is poor.
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:42
Discussion about her grandfather Nathan Stramberg; Nathan Stramberg, band.

SIDE A 00:01:42 -- 00:04:00
Discussion about her brother John Lowe, and his service in WWI; WWI, John Lowe, parcels, 1901.

SIDE A 00:04:00 -- 00:06:50
Discussion about her brothers Sam, Will, and Horace; WWI, North-West Mounted Police.

SIDE A 00:06:50 -- 00:08:42
Discussion about the Titanic and the Halifax Explosion; Titanic, Halifax Explosion.

SIDE A 00:08:42 -- 00:09:23
Discussion about the end of WWI and the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, 1918, WWI.

SIDE A 00:09:23 -- 00:10:58
Discussion about her brother Samuel returning from WWI; Samuel Lowe, WWI, mustard gas.

SIDE A 00:10:58 -- 00:13:24
Discussion about Model School and Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown; Model School, Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Prince Street School, teachers.

SIDE A 00:13:24 -- 00:16:07
Discussion about taking private elocution lessons; Miss Phillips, Miss Gorman, teachers, elocution lessons, elocution, public speaking.

SIDE A 00:16:07 -- 00:21:30
A story about giving a recitation at the Opera House during WWI; WWI, Opera House, poetry, Lord Kitchener, enlisting, opera, Dumbells, Flossie Fewclothes.

SIDE A 00:21:30 -- 00:23:05
Discussion about what Charlottetown was like growing up and livery stables around town; livery stables, horses, Charlottetown.

SIDE A 00:23:05 -- 00:24:11
Discussion about local craftsmen Hamm and Whitlock; Hamm, craftsman, Whitlock.

SIDE A 00:24:11 -- 00:25:49
Discussion about Sundays; Sundays, Sunday school, church, St. Paul's Church.

SIDE A 00:25:49 -- 00:27:24
Discussion about life growing up, with mention of wooden sidewalks and unpaved roads; roads, wooden sidewalks, Charlottetown.

SIDE A 00:27:24 -- 00:29:07
Discussion about swimming and bathing houses, with mention of a ferry to Rocky Point; swimming, bathing houses, Rocky Point, ferry.

SIDE A 00:29:07 -- 00:30:31
Discussion about the SS Harland and wharves; SS Harland, Harland, wharves, schooners.

SIDE A 00:30:31 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about Pauley's Lumberyard, Brighton, and other areas in and around Charlottetown; Brighton, Pauley's Lumberyard, Charlottetown.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:51 -- 00:33:09
Discussion about the country club in Brighton continues; country club, Brighton, dances, North River Road.

SIDE B 00:33:09 -- 00:34:54
Discussion about traveling with a story about going on the SS Stanley; traveling, John Lowe, SS Stanley, ferry.

SIDE B 00:34:54 -- 00:36:47
Discussion about traveling to Montreal to go to art school, with mention of learning from Arthur Lismer; art school, art gallery, Montreal, Arthur Lismer, art.

SIDE B 00:36:47 -- 00:39:45
Discussion about going to Prince of Wales College; teacher, nurse, Prince of Wales College, gender roles, Dr. Robertson, drill sergeant.

SIDE B 00:39:45 -- 00:40:42
Discussion about Market Square; Market Square, meat, shopping, Charlottetown, truckmen, slovens.

SIDE B 00:40:42 -- 00:43:46
Discussion about movies and local theaters; Strand movie house, movie house, theater, Prince Edward Theater, piano player, talkies, movies.

SIDE B 00:43:46 -- 00:45:38
Discussion about stores in Charlottetown, with mention of hats; stores, Charlottetown, hats, Prowses, Pattons, Stanleys.

SIDE B 00:45:38 -- 00:46:53
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, Christmas trees, Christmas stocking.

SIDE B 00:46:53 -- 00:48:28
Discussion about about fires and the fire bell at City Hall; fires, fire bell, Fitzroy Street, arena.

SIDE B 00:48:28 -- 00:50:24
Discussion about the iceman, the coal man, and the milkman; iceman, ice, coal, coal man, milkman.

SIDE B 00:50:24 -- 00:51:17
Discussion about and old well and watering the streets; watering the streets.

SIDE B 00:51:17 -- 00:52:51
Discussion about a local blacksmith; Gallant, Euston Street, blacksmith, jail.

SIDE B 00:52:21 -- 00:55:17
Discussion about her first radio and telephone; radio, telephone, telephone numbers, Fife.

SIDE B 00:55:17 -- 00:58:31
Discussion about the fire at Prince of Wales College; Prince of Wales College, fire, 1932, H and S Lowe.

SIDE B 00:58:31 -- 01:00:07
Discussion about the biggest changes, with mention of the telephone book and cars; telephone book, gender roles, cars, car bans.

SIDE B 01:00:07 -- 01:03:28
Discussion about being the first accredited art teacher on the Island; art teacher, art lessons, Isabelle Fraser, Notre Dame convent, Toronto Art School, Arthur Lismer, wages, Prince of Wales College.

Tape ends at 01:03:28.