Oral history interview with Nelson Henry Johnson (b. 1946), Sylvan Schonsberg (b. 1928), and Carol Schonsberg (b. 1931) / interviewed by Nicki Albrecht and Chip Ozburn (1 of 2)
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Discussed are the following topics: Early life, youngest of six children, parents Earl Johnson and Esther Beeler-Johnson, living at 2423 Loomis Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, description of the Northside neighborhood, early memories of riding the La Crosse Transit Company buses (est. 1949)—Parents met in La Crosse, mother attended the Wisconsin Business University (1892-1941, 3rd and Main Streets), mother worked at a boarding house, met her husband at the boarding house—Father’s occupation as a machinist on the Burlington Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,1849-1970), father working for railroads on the Northside, La Crosse, Wisconsin, location and description of the railway roundhouse on the Northside (along Livingston Street within the Burlington Railroad property), Northside and Southside passenger depots—Railway roundhouse size, maintenance and care of steam and diesel engines, steam engines going out of service, late 1940s-early 1950s—Father worked on diesel engines,
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Interviewee #1: Nelson Henry Johnson: 00:00:02—Early life, youngest of six children, parents Earl Johnson and Esther Beeler-Johnson, living at 2423 Loomis Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, description of the Northside neighborhood, early memories of riding the La Crosse Transit Company buses (est. 1949) | 00:04:41—Parents met in La Crosse, mother attended the Wisconsin Business University (1892-1941, 3rd and Main Streets), mother worked at a boarding house, met her husband at the boarding house | 00:06:40—Father’s occupation as a machinist on the Burlington Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,1849-1970), father working for railroads on the Northside, La Crosse, Wisconsin, location and description of the railway roundhouse on the Northside (along Livingston Street within the Burlington Railroad property), Northside and Southside passenger depots | 00:12:00—Railway roundhouse size, maintenance and care of steam and diesel engines, steam engines going out of service, late 19
Interviewees #2 and #3: Carol and Sylvan Schonsberg: 00:53:11—Carol, born in 1931, father’s death, grandfather owned Manke Hardware (1905-1967, 1302 Caledonia Street), living at 1013 Rose Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, family owned the Road Runner Raceway, moving to 707 Clinton Street, graduated from Immanuel Lutheran School (corner of 1201 Avon and St. Paul Streets), attended and graduated from Logan High School (est. 1928, 1500 Ranger Drive), marriage to Sylvan Schonsberg ca. 1950, moving to Illinois | 00:56:29—Moving back to La Crosse, Wisconsin to assist mother with hardware store after death of uncle Harold Haefner (1906-1956) | 00:57:49—Carol, working at Manke Hardware (1905-1967, 1302 Caledonia Street), other hardware stores in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Tietz Hardware (1700 block of George Street), Hardware Hank (1981-1994, 1200 Caledonia Street), Coast to Coast (1953-1981, 129 S. 4th Street), Gambles (1925-1982, moved to 306-310 Pearl Street in 1934), working with salesmen, buyin
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
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- Schonsberg, Sylvan Arthur -- Interviews
Johnson, Nelson Henry -- Interviews
Schonsberg, Carol -- Interviews
Oral history
Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- History - Type
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- (2001-04-12) Oral history interview with Nelson Henry Johnson (b. 1946), Sylvan Schonsberg (b. 1928), and Carol Schonsberg (b. 1931) / interviewed by Nicki Albrecht and Chip Ozburn (1 of 2). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000207
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