John J. Schneider (1901-1986) oral history
Description
- Track 1, Transcript p. 1
- Transcription
- Creators
- Schneider, John J., 1901-1986, Interviewee
- Adler, Rhea Saul, 1906-1990, Interviewer
- Media Type
- Audio
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Audiocassettes
- Description
- Interview with John Schneider by Rhea Adler in November 1975 in Wilmette, Illinois.
ABSTRACT
Family - childhood - school
Early location St. Joseph school and church
Fun games - skating - swimming
Gross Point boundaries
Store, grocer, bakery, blacksmith, saloons
Gross Point Band/Schneider's Band, now Gross Point Marching Band
World War I Peter Huerter; Huerter Post-American Legion
Truck farms South Water St. Market
Old Trier - New Trier Township
50th anniversary of J. J. Schneider Shoe Store
Transportation horses, Northwestern Railroad
Gross Point people worked locally - growth slow until it was annexed to Wilmette
Lacked sewers, water, telephones
Unhappy high school life due to dual language problems
- Place of Publication
- Wilmette, Illinois
- Date of Original
- November 1975
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Schneider, John J.
- Local identifier
- R977.31 SC
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 1975
- Copyright Holder
- Wilmette Public Library
- Copyright Holder Contact Information
- 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
U.S.A. - Contact
- Wilmette Public LibraryEmail:refdesk@wilmettelibrary.info
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