Oral history interview with Mildred Luxenburg / interviewed by Michael Gillitzer
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- 1987
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Birth, 1910 -- Move to La Crosse -- Life in La Crosse after WWII -- First job -- African American population -- Religious beliefs -- Marriage -- Life in the 1950's -- Fallout shelters around La Crosse -- Local government -- African Americans begin attending UW La Crosse after Korean War -- Local racism -- Political beliefs -- Second husbands’ bar -- Morals in the 1950's -- Products in the 1950's -- Competition between neighbors -- Korean War -- Night out in La Crosse -- Oktoberfest -- Topics in the bars -- Disciplining children -- Making one's own entertainment -- First television -- Yearnings -- Welfare in the 1950's compared to now -- Trane Company -- La Crosse Brewery -- Rich areas in La Crosse -- Growth of La Crosse -- Television in the 1950's compared to the 1980's -- Cars driven in the 1950's -- Marriage during the depression -- Treatment after divorce -- Expenses in the 1950's -- Son’s birth, 1928 -- Raising a son at the end of WWII -- Growth of UW La Crosse -- Son's move to Cha
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: 2 sound cassette.
00:00:19.5—Birth, 1910 | 00:01:09.9—Move to La Crosse | 00:02:39.5—Life in La Crosse after WWII | 00:03:15.6—First job | 00:03:59.2—African American population | 00:06:05.0—Religious beliefs | 00:07:26.4—Marriage | 00:07:57.3—Life in the 1950s | 00:09:33.8—Fallout shelters around La Crosse | 00:10:08.8—Local government | 00:11:07.8—African Americans begin attending UW La Crosse after Korean War | 00:11:55.1—Local racism | 00:12:56.3—Political beliefs | 00:13:31.0—Second husband’s bar | 00:15:01.4—Morals in the 1950s | 00:16:01.3—Products in the 1950s | 00:17:07.6—Competition between neighbors | 00:17:35.6—Korean War | 00:18:49.9—Night out in La Crosse | 00:19:48.6—Oktoberfest | 00:21:13.1—Topics in the bars | 00:22:29.2—Disciplining children | 00:23:04.7—Making one's own entertainment | 00:25:14.8—First television | 00:27:44.8—Yearnings | 00:28:48.0—Welfare in the 1950s compared to now | 00:30:14.2—Trane Company | 00:30:38.2—La Crosse Brewery | 00:30:54.9—Rich areas in La Crosse | 00:3
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
- Subjects
- Luxenburg, Mildred -- Interviews
Families
Recreation -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- 1945-1953
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 - Type
- sound
- Language
- English
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- Oral history interview with Mildred Luxenburg / interviewed by Michael Gillitzer. 1987. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000009. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- (1987) Oral history interview with Mildred Luxenburg / interviewed by Michael Gillitzer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000009
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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/wlacu000/00000018/00000009>.