Louis MacDonald T3 [Tape Three]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacDonald, Louis Richard
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2002-11-25
Date Digitized
2010-08-23
Abstract
This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about home remedies, ghosts, the Hindenburg, the family farm, the Harvest Excursion, Charlottetown businesses, entertainment, cars, politics, radio, the Harland, and working in Halifax during WWII.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Charlottetown, PE
Cornwall, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1942
1927
WWII
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:48
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:04:16
Discussion about home remedies; sulfur and molasses, home remedies, goose grease, mustard plaster, cod liver oil.

SIDE A 00:04:16 -- 00:05:25
Discussion about ghosts; Tiny Matheson, ghosts, ghost stories, devil.

SIDE A 00:05:25 -- 00:08:20
Discussion about the Hindenburg; Hindenburg.

SIDE A 00:08:20 -- 00:31:50
Discussion about the family farm; Cornwall, George MacDonald, self-sufficiency, horses, plowing, tractors, farming, farm machinery, mixed farms, pigs, eggs, cheese, Western horses.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.
SIDE B 00:31:57 -- 00:35:49
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion; Harvest Excursion, Leonard MacDonald.

SIDE B 00:35:49 -- 00:38:45
Discussion about businesses in Charlottetown; Charlottetown, Prowse Bros., Wallace Hotel, livery stables.

SIDE B 00:38:45 -- 00:46:19
Discussion about Saturday nights and entertainment; Saturdays, entertainment, 1927, Palace Cafe, Gordon Frizzel, Dizzy Block, silent movies, Prince Edward Theatre, musicians, Charlottetown.

SIDE B 00:46:19 -- 00:51:15
Discussion about cars; cars, car bans, horses.

SIDE B 00:51:15 -- 00:54:18
Discussion about the first radio he remembers; radio, John Duff.

SIDE B 00:54:18 -- 00:56:38
Discussion about politics; Liberals, Tories, politics, road taxes.

SIDE B 00:56:38 -- 00:58:39
Discussion about the Harland; Harland, SS Harland, MacEachern's Wharf, drownings.

SIDE B 00:58:39 -- 01:03:48
Discussion about working in Halifax during WWII; WWII, Halifax, 1942, wages, shipping.

Tape ends at 01:03:48.