Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Carol Nichols
Interview date
7-27-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:29:02
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Abstract
Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols, July 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Michauds discuss early memories of French Island; children's entertainment and games; why French Island was once called Skin Island; city dump; Shuffle Inn; softball; boxers; schools; meals; gardens; Mardi Gras and Lent; community and neighboring; Great Depression; 1936 flood; bootlegging; hunting, raising, selling, and eating rabbits and deer; and stores on the Island.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
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
NA2771
Recommended Citation
Michaud, Albert and Michaud, Rita England, "Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 36.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/36
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