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| Duration | 01:02:08.799 |
| Abstract | Buchel discusses the following topics: Childhood activities during free time, family chores and job as street sweeper, 1909-1915, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany — Alcohol and drinking customs in community, taverns and drinking at home — Family’s linen weaving business, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany — Memories of beginning of World War One (1914-1918) — Impression of France, family vacation, Summer 1914 — Comparing France versus Germany, cultural prosperity, ca. 1914 — Hiking by Moselle River and first train ride to Cologne, Germany — German food staples and traditions — Working at apprenticeship, wages and experience, 1917 — Origination of nickname “Jack”— Moving on from apprenticeship to different jobs — Working for General Electric, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1925 — First job experience, low wages and getting fired for marching in Labor Day parade, Kolbing, Germany, ca. 1920s — Political affiliation and joining German Metal Workers Union — Germany in political turmoil, union strikes and violence, 1922-1925 — Plan to travel to America, La Crosse, Wisconsin 1925. |
| Interviewee | Buchel, Jack |
| Interviewer | Fredricks, Howard R. |
| Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Type of resource | sound recording |
| Genre | sound |
| Genre authority | marcgt |
| Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
| Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
| Date published | 1974-03-05/1974-03-18 |
| Date captured | 2019-09-06 |
| Language | eng |
| Subject topic | Buchel, Jack Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | C & J Michel Brewery (La Crosse, Wis.) Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Trane Company Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, German Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) Authority: LCSH |
| Source note | Tape 2 of 5. |
| Content | 00:00:20 — Childhood activities during free time, family chores and job as street sweeper, 1909-1915, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany | 00:02:27 — Alcohol and drinking customs in community, taverns and drinking at home | 00:06:23 — Family’s linen weaving business, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany | 00:09:02 — Memories of beginning of World War One (1914-1918) | 00:14:22 — Impression of France, family vacation, Summer 1914 | 00:15:20 — Comparing France versus Germany, cultural prosperity, ca. 1914 | 00:17:50 — Hiking by Moselle River and first train ride to Cologne, Germany | 00:20:55 — German food staples and traditions | 00:24:03 — Working at apprenticeship, wages and experience, 1917 | 00:35:51 — Origination of nickname “Jack” | 00:36:42 — Moving on from apprenticeship to different jobs | 00:48:17 — Working for General Electric, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1925 | 00:51:00— First job experience, low wages and getting fired for marching in Labor Day parade, Kolbing, Germany, ca. 1920s | 00:54:09 — Political affiliation and joining German Metal Workers Union | 00:56:22 — Germany in political turmoil, union strikes and violence, 1922-1925 | 01:00:31 — Plan to travel to America, La Crosse, Wisconsin 1925 |
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| Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
| ID | aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000196 |
| Doi | 18-0196 |