Oral history interview with Jacob "Jack" Buchel / interviewed by Howard R. Fredricks (2 of 5)
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- 1974-03-05/1974-03-18
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Buchel discusses the following topics: Childhood activities during free time, family chores and job as street sweeper, 1909-1915, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany — Alcohol and drinking customs in community, taverns and drinking at home — Family’s linen weaving business, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany — Memories of beginning of World War One (1914-1918) — Impression of France, family vacation, Summer 1914 — Comparing France versus Germany, cultural prosperity, ca. 1914 — Hiking by Moselle River and first train ride to Cologne, Germany — German food staples and traditions — Working at apprenticeship, wages and experience, 1917 — Origination of nickname “Jack”— Moving on from apprenticeship to different jobs — Working for General Electric, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1925 — First job experience, low wages and getting fired for marching in Labor Day parade, Kolbing, Germany, ca. 1920s — Political affiliation and joining German Metal Workers Union — Germany in political turmoil, union strikes and violence,
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00:00:20 — Childhood activities during free time, family chores and job as street sweeper, 1909-1915, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany | 00:02:27 — Alcohol and drinking customs in community, taverns and drinking at home | 00:06:23 — Family’s linen weaving business, Muenster-Mayfield, Germany | 00:09:02 — Memories of beginning of World War One (1914-1918) | 00:14:22 — Impression of France, family vacation, Summer 1914 | 00:15:20 — Comparing France versus Germany, cultural prosperity, ca. 1914 | 00:17:50 — Hiking by Moselle River and first train ride to Cologne, Germany | 00:20:55 — German food staples and traditions | 00:24:03 — Working at apprenticeship, wages and experience, 1917 | 00:35:51 — Origination of nickname “Jack” | 00:36:42 — Moving on from apprenticeship to different jobs | 00:48:17 — Working for General Electric, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1925 | 00:51:00— First job experience, low wages and getting fired for marching in Labor Day parade, Kolbing, Germany, ca. 1920s | 00:
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
- Subjects
- Buchel, Jack
C & J Michel Brewery (La Crosse, Wis.)
Trane Company
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, German
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933
La Crosse (Wis.) - Type
- sound
- Language
- English
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- Oral history interview with Jacob "Jack" Buchel / interviewed by Howard R. Fredricks (2 of 5). 1974-03-05/1974-03-18. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000196. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1974-03-05/1974-03-18) Oral history interview with Jacob "Jack" Buchel / interviewed by Howard R. Fredricks (2 of 5). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000196
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