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Item Title
"The old man said, 'be careful you don't wear out your shoes.'"
Author/Creator
Interviewer: Taylor, David Alan, 1951-
Created/Published
August 07, 1994
Notes
Interview with Sam Balistrieri (aka Sam Balister) at the Paterson Museum, 2 Market St., Paterson, NJ. Balistrieri works at the museum as a docent/textile expert.
Summary of audio segment: After Sam quit job with the cobbler (at age 8) he played with other boys. The value of shoes in the old days. Jobs Sam helped his mother with: ironing clothes, washing dishes, washing floors, taking care of furniture, running errands.
Subjects
Interviews
Italian Americans
Oral history
Retirees
Sound recordings
Housework
Ethnography
Interviews
United States--New Jersey--Paterson
The Paterson Museum
Object Type
Related Names
Narrator: Balistrieri, Sam
Medium
Analog Audio Cassette
Language
English
Call Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-DT-A003; A: 00:19:30
Reproduction Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-DT-A003
Part of
Working in Paterson Folklife Project
Repository
Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
afcwip dta00303
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcwip.dta00303
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