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| Duration | 00:57:26.085 |
| Abstract | Flottmeyer discusses his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin, focusing on his experiences and observations as a building developer. He details the housing industry, describing construction materials, building styles, interior design, and housing developments, in particular the Wedgewood Terrace and Wedgewood Valley developments. |
| Contributor | La Crosse Urban History Project |
| Interviewee | Flottmeyer, Albert E. |
| Interviewer | Link, Rosemarie |
| 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 | Flottmeyer, Albert E. -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Housing developers -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Neighborhoods -- 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: 1 sound cassette. |
| Content | 00.00.15—La Crosse, WI | 00.00.50—Childbirth at Home | 00.02.20—Changes in La Crosse | 00.02.27—Entrance into Military,1945 | 00.02.35—Changes after Military service 1945 and 1948 | 00.03.04—North Side Neighborhood of La Crosse | 00.05.25—Development of apartments | 00.06.37—Family structure changes | 00.06.57—Ethnic neighborhood | 00.07.16—1940s' playgrounds | 00.08.40—Gardens and Porches | 00.09.27—Food Cellars | 00.09.48—German ethnic neighborhoods | 00.10.46—Canning seasonal food | 00.11.49—Railroad Industry | 00.12.22—Family car | 00.13.07—Walking to school | 00.14.01—Home Design | 00.14.47—Home heating of 1940s | 00.16.05—Wood Stoves | 00.16.38—Family land | 00.17.25—Children’s games | 00.19.02—WWII draft | 00.19.38—Volunteer into war | 00.19.52—Compensation for service | 00.20.35—La Crosse growth 1940-1960 | 00.20.46—La Crosse Topography change | 00.21.48—Excavation of bluffs | 00.23.54—Winter Gardens Dance Hall | 00.24.20—Horse race track | 00.25.06—Losey Boulevard | 00.26.30—Salzer’s Field | 00.26.45—Airplane traffic | 00.28.46—Housing development, South and East La Crosse | 00.30.20—House construction style | 00.31.45—Onalaska Mortgage payments | 00.32.20—Housing Development, end of WWII | 00.34.18—Advances in the home | 00.37.04—Television in the home | 00.38.24—Home exterior of 1950s | 00.40.44—Home size | 00.41.59—Baby Boom Home buyers | 00.42.36—Park developments in neighborhoods | 00.45.22—Downtown development | 00.48.23—Increase car usage | 00.48.42—Bus system | 00.50.58—Housing development, Bluffs restriction | 00.51.30—Housing development, economic restriction | 00.55.45—La Crosse growth potential |
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| Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
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| Barcode | 3134406205423 |
| Barcode | 3134404252106 |
| Doi | 18-0005 |