Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Patrick Lagasse

Interviewer

Carol Nichols

Interview date

6-6-1993

Interview location

Westbrook, Maine

Time

00:24:15

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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

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