Working in Paterson

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Working in Paterson

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Item Title

[Heating lunch in dye vats.]

Author/Creator

Interviewer: Taylor, David Alan, 1951-

Created/Published

August 11, 1994

Notes

Interview with Sydney and Sarah Carroll at their home in Pequannock, New Jersey. They are the parents of "Working in Paterson" fieldworker Tom Carroll.
Summary of audio segment: When he worked at dye houses, Sydney and his co-workers often heated up their lunches (contained in glass jars) by lowering into the hot water of dye vats. He heated up spaghetti, soup and stew this way.

Subjects

Interviews
Oral history
Retirees
Sound recordings
Dyeing
Employee eating facilities
Textile industry
Foodways
Ethnography
Interviews
United States--New Jersey--Pequannock

Object Type

sound recording-nonmusical

Related Names

Narrator: Carroll, Sarah
Narrator: Carroll, Sydney

Medium

Analog Audio Cassette

Language

English

Call Number

AFC 1995/028: WIP-DT-A011; A: 00:14:46

Reproduction Number

AFC 1995/028: WIP-DT-A011

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 dta01304
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcwip.dta01304