Mickler Cassette 1 Side 2
Media
Part of Interview: Mickler, William and Inez
Title
Mickler Cassette 1 Side 2
Source
William and Inez Mickler Interview
Date
1990-02-20, 1990-02-21
Description
Cassette 1
Side 2
00:00--The Nimmons family were influential whites in the Seneca area. Mr. Mickler names some of the property and holdings that the family owned. Many blacks worked for this family. Other common jobs available to black men involved landscaping and pressing clubs. Black women were limited mostly to either domestic or laundry related work. Inez states that a good deal of laundry work was done in the Newry community.
5:15--Shopping--there were many country stores in the area where cash or credit could purchase just about anything an individual needed. Most were white owned, though Inez states that a black man named Claude Earle owned a local grocery store.
12:25--Clothing was mostly handmade in Mr. Mickler's home. Inez had white neighbors (Mary Strickland, Mrs. Elrod) who made cloths for her when she was young.
15:00--Most furniture in both families was purchased. However, Mr. Mickler's family had a large handmade dining table that could seat all twelve children along with the rest of the family at once. Some whites occasionally gave furniture to the family from time to time.
19:00--Mr. Mickler discusses the differences in the ways that children behaved when he was a child compared to how they act contemporarily.
22:29--Inez recalls her mother's work as both a cook for Joy Hicks Café, and as a domestic worker for the Woods family locally.
24:29--Mr. Mickler's first job at age 18 was under the federal public works program in Florida. He recalls stories and experiences regarding his time there.
31:32--Audio ends.
Side 2
00:00--The Nimmons family were influential whites in the Seneca area. Mr. Mickler names some of the property and holdings that the family owned. Many blacks worked for this family. Other common jobs available to black men involved landscaping and pressing clubs. Black women were limited mostly to either domestic or laundry related work. Inez states that a good deal of laundry work was done in the Newry community.
5:15--Shopping--there were many country stores in the area where cash or credit could purchase just about anything an individual needed. Most were white owned, though Inez states that a black man named Claude Earle owned a local grocery store.
12:25--Clothing was mostly handmade in Mr. Mickler's home. Inez had white neighbors (Mary Strickland, Mrs. Elrod) who made cloths for her when she was young.
15:00--Most furniture in both families was purchased. However, Mr. Mickler's family had a large handmade dining table that could seat all twelve children along with the rest of the family at once. Some whites occasionally gave furniture to the family from time to time.
19:00--Mr. Mickler discusses the differences in the ways that children behaved when he was a child compared to how they act contemporarily.
22:29--Inez recalls her mother's work as both a cook for Joy Hicks Café, and as a domestic worker for the Woods family locally.
24:29--Mr. Mickler's first job at age 18 was under the federal public works program in Florida. He recalls stories and experiences regarding his time there.
31:32--Audio ends.
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