DARE Interview : Bath, New York; Primary Informant NY222

Fieldworker

Goldberg, David

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY222: White; female; age: 100 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 1189-S1).
• Content:
• 00:10 100th birthday celebration
• 02:30 Moved from Albany to Bath ca. 1878, father worked for electric company, streetlights changed
• 03:55 Friends, clothing
• 06:15 Learned to play the organ in Rochester, went by rail
• 07:30 Representing a wine company in Buffalo at exhibit, President shot [Pan-American Exposition 1901, President McKinley]
• 14:50 Village in the past was very fashionable, local people, library
• 16:40 Soldiers Home, Veterans Administration (hospital)
• 19:00 Race relations, Black people in Bath
• 23:10 Working in county offices
• 25:45 Ageing
• 27:00 First movie showings in area, Soldiers Home
• 30:45 Tape end