***Disclaimer - This interview contains some profanity and language some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:59
Discussion about his first camera that he purchased from Robert Simpson's in Halifax in 1925; Kodak, box cameras, cameras, film, Leica, 1925, photgraphy.
SIDE A 00:01:59 -- 00:03:20
His birth in 1910 at the family home in Bloomfield, the homstead burning, and the railway station that was nearby; fires, Bloomfield, train stations, 1910.
SIDE A 00:03:20 -- 00:04:25
Discussion about his memories from WWI; WWI.
SIDE A 00:04:25 -- 00:07:02
He speaks about the Halifax Explosion and the railway on PEI; railway, Halifax Explosion, trains.
SIDE A 00:07:02 -- 00:07:28
Brief discussion about the Spanish Flu and how it effected the area; Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:07:28 -- 00:10:24
Discussion about bad winters and trains; trains, snow, winter, mail, stuck trains, shoveling, deep snow.
SIDE A 00:10:24 -- 00:13:39
Discussion about the train wrecks of PEI and some of the local accidents; trains, accidents, train wrecks.
SIDE A 00:13:39 -- 00:16:25
Where the trains would fill up on water and employment on the rails; water stations, coal, pumps, water tanks, jobs, railway, trains.
SIDE A 00:16:25 -- 00:20:35
Shipping oats on the train and oat farmers; oats, shipping, trains, farmers, black oats.
SIDE A 00:20:35 -- 00:22:28
Discussion about "Sheep Day" and how they would ship car loads of lambs and sheep to buyers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; shipping, sheep, trains.
SIDE A 00:22:28 -- 00:23:54
Discussion about MacAuslands and when they got into the wool business durring the 1930s; shipping, wool, MacAusland, 1930s.
SIDE A 00:23:54 -- 00:26:27
Shipping pigs to Charlottetown, along with oat prices; pigs, shipping, trains, oats, prices.
SIDE A 00:26:27 -- 00:29:23
Railway station agents, Mary O'Malley, and how women worked on the rails; railway, Mary O'Malley, station agents.
SIDE A 00:29:23 -- 00:30:13
Mussel mud being shipped on the railway; mussel mud, trains, shipping.
SIDE A 00:30:13 -- 00:31:44
Shipping egss to Montreal and egg grading; eggs, egg grading, shipping.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:44.
SIDE B 00:32:00 -- 00:34:38
Discussion about egg grading continues; eggs, shipping, egg grading, egg prices, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:34:38 -- 00:37:04
Potato grading and shipping; 1925, potatoes, shipping, potato grading.
SIDE B 00:37:04 -- 00:39:54
Seed potatoes, farmers who started the seed trade, and how sometimes eggs would go bad due to warm weather; eggs, shipping, seed potatoes, potatoes.
SIDE B 00:39:54 -- 00:42:25
The different potatoe varieties and shipping on the railway; shipping, potatoes, potato varieties.
SIDE B 00:42:25 -- 00:44:50
Stories about life during the 1930s; 1930s, poverty, Great Depression.
SIDE B 00:44:50 -- 00:47:22
A story about the time he shipped turnips on consignment to Boston and was swindeled by his seller; shipping, turnips, turnip prices.
SIDE B 00:47:22 -- 00:48:20
He speaks about his friend Dan MacDonald, the time he took his picture in the turnip field, and how 50 years later a relative of Mr. MacDonald came by and he gave him the picture; photography, Dan MacDonald, friendship.
SIDE B 00:48:20 -- 00:49:46
Discussion about buying geese and ducks, the plucking station they had in their store ,and where they shipped to; geese, ducks, plucking, shipping.
SIDE B 00:49:46 -- 00:52:16
Discussion about a brickyard how they operated; 1915, bricks, brickyard.
SIDE B 00:52:16 -- 00:54:46
Discussion about molasses and goods that would be brought into town; molasses, sugar, prices, goods.
SIDE B 00:54:46 -- 00:56:10
Discussion about purchasing peanut butter and how much he hates trucks; trucks, peanut butter.
SIDE B 00:56:10 -- 00:59:55
A story about staying at a neigbour's house to stay with the pregnant Cyris Gallant untill Mrs. Blanchard the midwife came; Cyrus Gallant, childbirth, midwives.
SIDE B 00:59:55 -- 01:03:52
Different goods Pratt's bought from traveling salesmen; goods, traveling salesmen, Pratt's Store.
Tape ends at 01:03:52.
