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| Duration | 01:00:22.327 |
| Abstract | Birth and family -- Fathers job -- Move to La Crosse -- Birth of younger siblings -- Childhood games -- Neighborhood kids -- School years -- Bohemian Parish -- Mass in school -- School schedule -- Dress code -- Childhood neighborhood -- Parents’ home -- Chores -- Family entertainment -- Parents language -- Quarantine mumps -- Child vaccines -- Dads service in something -- Extracurriculars -- First job -- Hobbies -- School tuition -- Class sizes -- Attending Aquinas school -- Job at Wiemann Dime store -- Car hopping -- Movies in high school -- Weddings of siblings -- Bohemian hall -- Fathers membership to the Sokols -- Politics of La Crosse during youth -- Christmas decorations and traditions -- Meeting husband Dick -- Married in 1951 -- Husband’s navy service -- Mixed religious marriage -- Move to San Diego, 1952 -- Job situation after WWII -- Husbands job at Trane -- House in La Crosse -- Friends in La Crosse -- Early years of marriage -- Children’s baptizing -- Prenatal care -- Making the kids clothes -- Kid's godparents—Siblings -- Telephones as a child and young adult -- working outside the home -- Husband works third shift -- Final move in 1958 -- Children’s schooling -- Life style changes during Trane strikes -- Political standing -- Jobs of women in neighborhood -- Mumps epidemic -- Full time job and pregnant -- Maternity leave -- Cost of giving birth -- County fairs -- Family vacations -- Home renovations -- Petition for city water -- Young children in the neighborhood -- Holidays with the children -- Entertaining in the home -- Cooking for the family -- Square Dancing -- Full time job at La Crosse Dental -- Kids time in high school -- Kids extracurriculars -- Kids jobs -- Delivery services to home as a child, i.e. milkman, mailman, etc. -- animals in childhood neighborhood -- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- First TV -- John Kennedy assassination -- Mother’s volunteer work at Logan Hospital Fitzpatrick discusses growing up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She details family life and marriage; neighborhoods where she grew up and raised her own family; recreation activities; and local social life and practices. |
| Contributor | La Crosse Urban History Project |
| Interviewee | Fitzpatrick, Patricia L. |
| Interviewer | Pasell, Clara |
| Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Type of resource | sound recording |
| Genre | history |
| Genre authority | marcgt |
| Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
| Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
| Date published | 1987 |
| Date captured | 2016-11-21 |
| Language | eng |
| Subject topic | Fitzpatrick, Patricia L. -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Families Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Neighborhoods -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Recreation -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | United States -- History -- 1945-1953 Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | United States -- History -- 1953-1961 Authority: LCSH |
| Source note | Interviews form basis for student reports cataloged separately.; Forms part of: La Crosse Urban History Project, 1945-1960, conducted by students of History 325, American Urban History, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1987. La Crosse owns supplemental material: 2 sound cassette. |
| Content | 00:00:19.7—Birth and family | 00:00:56.2—Father's job | 00:01:26.3—Move to La Crosse | 00:01:57.1—Birth of younger siblings | 00:02:41.8—Childhood games | 00:03:31.2—Neighborhood kids | 00:03:40.3—School years | 00:04:41.4—Bohemian Parish | 00:05:28.4—Mass in school | 00:06:24.5—School schedule | 00:07:08.7—Dress code | 00:08:23.0—Childhood neighborhood | 00:11:57.7—Parents’ home | 00:13:47.9—Chores | 00:14:28.9—Family entertainment | 00:15:00.0—Parents language | 00:16:09.2—Quarantine mumps | 00:17:09.9—Child vaccines | 00:17:24.7—Dad's service in something | 00:18:34.9—Extracurriculars | 00:19:07.1—First job | 00:19:40.5—Hobbies | 00:22:16.0—School tuition | 00:22:58.2—Class sizes | 00:23:03.5—Attending Aquinas school | 00:24:26.2—Job at Wiemann Dime store | 00:26:46.9—Car hopping | 00:27:39.3—Movies in high school | 00:29:42.3—Weddings of siblings | 00:30:15.1—Bohemian hall | 00:32:27.6—Father's membership to the Sokols | 00:34:56.6—Politics of La Crosse during youth | 00:37:35.4—Christmas decorations and traditions | 00:40:36.4—Meeting husband Dick | 00:43:06.3—Married in 1951 | 00:43:24.5—Husband’s navy service | 00:43:53.0—Mixed religious marriage | 00:45:08.2—Move to San Diego, 1952 | 00:46:12.4—Job situation after WWII | 00:46:28.0—Husband's job at Trane | 00:47:43.8—House in La Crosse | 00:50:00.1—Friends in La Crosse | 00:50:25.4—Early years of marriage | 00:52:44.7—Children’s baptizing | 00:53:11.8—Prenatal care | 00:53:38.4—Making the kids' clothes | 00:55:15.9—Kid's godparents | 00:55:34.2—Siblings | 00:56:17.9—Telephones as a child and young adult | 01:00:10.6—Working outside the home | 01:00:52.9—Husband works third shift | 01:01:30.9—Final move in 1958 | 01:02:51.4—Children’s schooling | 01:06:08.4—Life style changes during Trane strikes | 01:07:02.1—Political standing | 01:07:37.2—Jobs of women in neighborhood | 01:08:38.2—Mumps epidemic | 01:10:32.0—Full time job and pregnant | 01:11:14.2—Maternity leave | 01:13:11.6—Cost of giving birth | 01:14:23.4—County fairs | 01:15:29.2—Family vacations | 01:16:17.9—Home renovations | 01:16:45.1—Petition for city water | 01:18:31.1—Young children in the neighborhood | 01:19:50.7—Holidays with the children | 01:20:55.6—Entertaining in the home | 01:22:23.8—Cooking for the family | 01:23:02.5—Square Dancing | 01:26:47.9—Full time job at La Crosse Dental | 01:27:38.1—Kids' time in high school | 01:29:24.2—Kids' extracurriculars | 01:30:35.8—Kids' jobs | 01:31:13.1—Delivery services to home as a child, i.e. milkman, mailman, etc. | 01:32:37.6—Farm animals in childhood neighborhood | 01:33:48.1—Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 01:34:32.2—First TV | 01:35:24.0—John Kennedy assassination | 01:36:11.3—Mother’s volunteer work at Logan Hospital |
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