Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Carol Nichols
Interview date
6-6-1993
Interview location
Westbrook, Maine
Time
00:23:46
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Abstract
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, interviewed by Carol Nichols, June 4 or 6, 1993, at his home in Westbrook, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Lagasse talks about his memories of French Island in Old Town; nicknames; French and the French Island school; factory and mill work; Great Depression; dairy farming and milk as part of the daily diet; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; lumberyard on Hildreth Street; polio; Benoit Bouchard and Herbert Gray School; children's and adult's entertainment; grocery stores; Great Depression and WPA work; Old Town airport; Monday wash day; boxing matches; plumbing and the first bathtub on French Island; automobiles; Prohibition, homebrew, and bootleggers; shining shoes at the University of Maine; and WWII.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Franco-American
Headings
Maine History; Old Town Maine History; Franco-Americans History; Franco-américains Histoire
Collection name
Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection
Collection number
MF026
Item number
NA2770
Recommended Citation
Lagasse, Patrick, "Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, interviewed by Carol Nichols, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 33.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/33
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