James Montgomery T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-01-11
Date Digitized
2010-06-01
Abstract
This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetow, P.E.I. It appears on Side A of Alvin MacSwain Tape Two. In this interview James tells about chewing tobacco, going to business college in Charlottetown, working at Bruce Stewart and Co., his first car ride, selling candy, Charlottetown in 1918, and the last hanging on the Island.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Charlottetown, PE
South Granville, PE
Kellys Cross, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1918
WWI
1941
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:19:36
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
Side A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:58
Discussion about MacDonald's chewing tobacco and other companies; chewing tobacco, tobacco, MacDonald's chewing tobacco, Hickey and Nicholson, Rival tobacco, Riley's tobacco, twist.

Side A 00:01:58 -- 00:03:53
Discussion about going to business college in Charlottetown; William Moran, business college, 1918, diploma, book keeping.

Side A 00:03:53 -- 00:05:02
Discussion about working in the office at Bruce Stewart and Company; Bruce Stewart and Company, C. L. MacKay, Leonard MacKay, Lowe Brothers.

Side A 00:05:33 -- 00:07:40
A story about his first ride in a car; church, Duncan MacKenzie, cars, French River, South Granville, Dunk MacKenzie, WWI.

Side A 00:07:40 -- 00:08:19
Brief discussion about the first car he saw; Jim Tuplin, cars.

Side A 00:08:19 -- 00:11:37
Discussion about what Charlottetown was like in 1918; Charlottetown, 1918, livery stables, hotels, Victoria Hotel, Queen Hotel, trains, sample cases, candy.

Side A 00:11:37 -- 00:13:11
Discussion about candy and the candy he sold; candy, candy salesman, Chicken Bones, Vernon River, L. C. MacLeod.

Side A 00:13:11 -- 00:16:38
Discussion about driving in the winter and his sales route, with mention of sleighs; Marks sleighs, jaunting sleigh, A. Horn and Company, horse and sleigh, cars, Uigg, snowstorms.

Side A 00:16:38 -- 00:17:33
Discussion about Archie Birtwhistle; Archie Birtwhistle.

Side A 00:17:33 -- 00:18:22
Discussion about the last hanging on the Island; 1941, Kellys Cross, hanging.

Side A 00:18:22 -- 00:19:36
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, tansy.

Tape ends at 00:19:36.