Kathleen Cameron T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Cameron, Kathleen C.
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998
Date Digitized
2010-07-27
Abstract
This is an interview with Kathleen C. Cameron of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about her family, the Titanic and WWI, Frank Tuplin and his car, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, school, convents, Summerside and its businesses, millinery, Sinclair and Stewart's store, blacksmiths and livery stables, Christmas, socials, ice, and the milkman.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Wellington, PE
Summerside, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1897
1912
WWI
1902
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:00
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:02:22
Discussion about her birth and her family; 1897, Wellington.

SIDE A 00:02:22 -- 00:05:30
Discussion about the Titanic and WWI; Harry Holman, Titanic, 1912, WWI, William Cameron.

SIDE A 00:05:30 -- 00:07:39
Discussion about Frank Tuplin's car and his business; fox ranchers, Frank Tuplin, cars.

SIDE A 00:07:39 -- 00:09:06
Discussion about WWI continues; WWI.

SIDE A 00:09:06 -- 00:12:18
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, Creelman McArthur, Senator McArthur.

SIDE A 00:12:18 -- 00:13:45
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, Charlie MacLellan.

SIDE A 00:13:45 -- 00:18:03
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, onion plasters, plasters, salt herring, cures, Wampole's Emulsion, goose grease, onion poultice, poultice.

SIDE A 00:18:03 -- 00:18:55
Discussion about going to school at a convent; convents, school.

SIDE A 00:18:55 -- 00:30:38
Discussion about growing up in Summerside, her family, the waterfront, and stores; 1902, Alexander Cameron, railway foreman, Summerside, Summerside waterfront, schooners, Queen's Wharf, stores, Holman's, radio.

SIDE A 00:30:38 -- 00:31:19
Discussion about Sinclair and Stewart; Sinclair and Stewart, Smallman's, John Smallman, Neil Sinclair, William Stewart.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:19.
SIDE B 00:31:28 -- 00:32:07
Discussion about Sinclair and Stewart continues; Sinclair and Stewart's store, Sinclair and Stewart.

SIDE B 00:32:07 -- 00:35:39
Discussion about her sister Annie and her work as a milliner, with mention of the MacDonalds; milliners, Annie Cameron, millinery, Sinclair and Stewart, Athol MacDonald, Dunstan MacDonald, hats, hat prices.

SIDE B 00:35:39 -- 00:39:33
Discussion about blacksmiths, livery stables, and a story about an explosion at the laundry; blacksmiths, Woodside, Summerside, livery stables, Dobson, Lillian Dobson, laundry, explosion, fires.

SIDE B 00:39:33 -- 00:43:52
Discussion about going to school at a convent; convents, school, Catholics, school subjects, teachers, school plays.

SIDE B 00:43:52 -- 00:48:21
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, dolls.

SIDE B 00:48:21 -- 00:51:01
Discussion about ice cream and strawberry socials; socials, ice cream socials, strawberry socials, church socials, ice cream.

SIDE B 00:51:01 -- 00:58:49
Discussion about her grandmother, her mother, and clothing; Catherine Dempsey, Catherine Sheehan, Gaelic, Michael Sheehan, clothing, Emma Sheehan, homemade soap, dressmakers, dressmaking, drugget, dresses, tailors, milliners, millinery.

SIDE B 00:58:49 -- 01:03:00
Discussion about the iceman and Ernie Walker the milkman; butter prices, iceman, milkman, Ernie Walker, ice, milk prices.

Tape ends at 01:03:00.