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Oral history interview with Warta Hall
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Hall describes growing up in a German household in La Crosse. She talks of her hardworking and not so literate parents, the Rubber Mills, her father's barbering, her work experience with the Federa...
Hall describes growing up in a German household in La Crosse. She talks of her hardworking and not so literate parents, the Rubber Mills, her father's barbering, her work experience with the Federal Communication Commission during World War II and the 1965 floods.
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- Creator
- interviewed by Charles Lee
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1997
- Physical Details
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- 1 audiotape reel (approximately 80 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (33 leaves ; 28 cm)+ 2 audiocassette + 1 DVD-ROM (sound ; 4 3/4 in.)
- OCLC
- ocm55025879
- Part of the UW La Crosse Centennial Project.
- Father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) worked at Listman Mill Co. (1879-1918, 414 South Front Street) in 1909, father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) moved to Genoa, WI with grandfather to work at a mill and returned to La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) in 1915, manufacturing process of rubber and other materials at La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985), La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) received rubber from Brazil, stories about childhood experiences with rubber mill--Drove father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) to and from La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) every day at age fourteen ca. 1927, stories about visiting father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) at work at La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985), La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) operated their own bus system, employee transportation to and from La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) ca. 1920--Work day at La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) from seven a.m. to five p.m., whistles, trains, and church bells signaled time, stories about silk trains passing through town, silk trains carried millions of dollars' worth of material and were heavily guarded--Father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) took inventory of stock at La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985), stories about assisting with calculations for inventory--Frederick Norman (1876-1955) was father's (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) boss, stories about using experience helping with La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) inventory at future jobs--Father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) and brother worked as barbers, stories about helping father pass barber's test in 1926, family built two barbershops near La Crosse Rubber Mills Company (1897-1985, 1401-1501 St. Andrew Street) in 1926 and 1929, Warta worked sixty hours a week for twelve dollars during The Great Depression (1929-1939)--Resources were minimal during The Great Depression (1929-1939), family grew food in gardens and made their own clothes to save money--Was with brother (Louis William Krueger, May 6, 1917-February 11, 1997) in California after World War Two (1939-1945), stories about repurposing drapes and other objects to sew clothing--Worked in the Federal Communication Commission (est. 1934) in California during World War Two (1939-1945), communicated with pilots all over the United States, radio communication and signals over the Babcock Ranges, had to learn the rules of the National Weather Service (est. 1870, previously known as United States Weather Bureau 1870-1970) and read barometers--Federal Communication Commission (est. 1934) was a civilian job, stories about learning to type messages to direct flights--Had to return to Wisconsin from California to care for sick father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) ca. 1940s-1950s--Strike at La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) ca. 1933-34, stories about violence and damage during strike, father (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) was not part of a union, stories about father's (Louis Ernst Krueger, 1851-1957) interactions with unions as a barber and as a La Crosse Rubber Mills (1897-1985) employee--Warta and mother (Clara [Grunholz] Krueger, 1889-1978) cleaned and did laundry for the barber shop, worked at S.S. Kresge Department Store (est. 1918, 418-420 Main Street) ca. 1920s, was not part of the union at the department store, stories about working as a non-union worker with union worker sat S.S. Kresge Department Store (est. 1918, 418-420 Main Street), feelings and attitudes about unions--Stories about the La Crosse Winter Carnival (1921 and 1922)--Mother (Clara [Grunholz] Krueger, 1889-1978) did housework, stories about mother's (Clara [Grunholz] Krueger, 1889-1978) childhood near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, mother (Clara [Grunholz] Krueger, 1889-1978) worked many different jobs as a young adult, stories about Warta's parents early in their marriage--Food security through canning and cold storage of food, modern food options compared to childhood, stories about food in childhood--Stories about differences in eating habits in Dorah, Missouri compared to La Crosse, Wisconsin and California--Worked three jobs after World War Two (1939-1945) while taking care of parents, developed bone disease ca. 1970s-1980s--stories about the 1965 Mississippi River Flood (Spring 1965)
Subjects
- Hall, Warta.
- La Crosse Rubber Mills Company.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Floods -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse.
- strikes (events)
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