Oral history interview with Albert E. Flottmeyer / interviewed by Rosemarie Link
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- 1987
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Flottmeyer discusses his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin, focusing on his experiences and observations as a building developer. He details the housing industry, describing construction materials, building styles, interior design, and housing developments, in particular the Wedgewood Terrace and Wedgewood Valley developments.
Interviews form basis for student reports cataloged separately.; Forms part of: La Crosse Urban History Project, 1945-1960, conducted by students of History 325, American Urban History, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1987. La Crosse owns supplemental material: 1 sound cassette.
00.00.15—La Crosse, WI | 00.00.50—Childbirth at Home | 00.02.20—Changes in La Crosse | 00.02.27—Entrance into Military,1945 | 00.02.35—Changes after Military service 1945 and 1948 | 00.03.04—North Side Neighborhood of La Crosse | 00.05.25—Development of apartments | 00.06.37—Family structure changes | 00.06.57—Ethnic neighborhood | 00.07.16—1940s' playgrounds | 00.08.40—Gardens and Porches | 00.09.27—Food Cellars | 00.09.48—German ethnic neighborhoods | 00.10.46—Canning seasonal food | 00.11.49—Railroad Industry | 00.12.22—Family car | 00.13.07—Walking to school | 00.14.01—Home Design | 00.14.47—Home heating of 1940s | 00.16.05—Wood Stoves | 00.16.38—Family land | 00.17.25—Children’s games | 00.19.02—WWII draft | 00.19.38—Volunteer into war | 00.19.52—Compensation for service | 00.20.35—La Crosse growth 1940-1960 | 00.20.46—La Crosse Topography change | 00.21.48—Excavation of bluffs | 00.23.54—Winter Gardens Dance Hall | 00.24.20—Horse race track | 00.25.06—Losey Boulevard | 00.26.30—S
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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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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- Flottmeyer, Albert E. -- Interviews
Housing developers -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Neighborhoods -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- 1945-1953
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 - Type
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- English
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- Oral history interview with Albert E. Flottmeyer / interviewed by Rosemarie Link. 1987. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000005. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1987) Oral history interview with Albert E. Flottmeyer / interviewed by Rosemarie Link. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000005
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000005>.