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Diana Matthews interviewing Mrs. Gladys Barnhart in her ho�e at 173
Battery Street, Fort Erie. Ma.y 22nd 1985.
D.M:
Hello Mrs. Barnhart, how are you today?
G.B:
Very well, thank-you.
D M:
Vlere you born in Fort Erie?
G.B:
No, I was born in Michigan, in, Detriot.
D.M:
How long have you lived in Fort Erie?
G.B:
45-4 7 years.
D.M:
How old were you when you moved here?
G.B:
I must have been around 24. I man·ied my husband and it was through
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marriage that I came to Fort Erie, but I'm really from Buffalo,
and of course I spent many wonderful years here with my good
husband and of course Fort Erie is my home.
D.M:
What was your first impression of Fort Erie when you got here?
G.B:
Well, of course living in Buffalo, you know, we used to go· to Erie
Beach, so we just used tbe ferry, paicl_ a nickel and came over and
then we could either walk up or you know. So that I really I didn't
get too accquainted with the town. I did meet a cashier that we
used to come over and see, and my mother as well. It was very
snall, it was Fort Erie and Bridgeburg, and we used to think it
was fun to pay a nickel on the ferry, walk all the way to tbe :North
End and go to a show in another tmvn! Then come back to Fort
Erie, that was another town, and then to Buffalo. Vle had fun that
way. l\.1y mother said one of these days the Customs and Immigration
are going to get after you, they will. wonder why you are going
over tbere so much! However, they brought us back and forth. It
1,vas smaller then and of course up around Erie Beach and all, there
was so many American cottages, people that came for the su r..1m er
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It was almost a summer resort. Other than the railroads, then of
course Fleet came in and the industry started and they amalgamated
the two towns and it became one larger city.
D.M:
What was Jarvis Street like then?
G.B:
Really, a number of stores, but as I say, like with us going to that
show on Dufferin, we wouldn't be going up into the shopping district
because we didn't have that much. By the time v.'e came here to
live, there was the A.&P. and. Lobla>vs and alot of stores hac. come
into town, so it was growing. Then Rossman's came in and many
stores like that.
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�D.M:
What about the South End, was it the same as it is now?
G.B:
Pretty much. I would say quite the same, except where the Imperial
Bank is, there was a home, and Agrette's had a little store where
the Kar-Mel shop is, but it wasn't really all that large, you really
went to Jarvis Street to shop.
D.M:
I understand you worked at Erie Beach.
G.B:
Yes.
D.M:
What type of work did you do there?
G.B:
Well, the first year they gave me selling ice cream cones at a
little stand and then the next year, because I was 14, I could go
cashiering which was what I wanted to do. So, of course, with all
the big band names coming in, I wanted to be down in the park,
instead of that they put me right out at the end selling all the tickets
for the boats and the trains and of course the concession tickets.
Everybody went whizzing by you to get into the park, but coming
home, I was quite busy because everybody wanted either tickets
for maybe a last ice cream cone at the stand that was there and
definitely your transportation tickets 'cause they didn't. take any
cash on the boat or the train.
D.M:
You had to buy tickets to get everything?
G.B:
Yes.
D.M:
Tickets were the money in the park?
G.B:
Yes, everything you wanted to ride, it would be, maybe, one ticket
two tickets, three tickets or whatever. The tickets were five cents
each, and sometimes people would stop and buy 4 or 5 dollars worth
and they would have their tickets for all the rides. I think even for
the.games you paid tickets. There was no cash handled among any
of the stands and that, but I can recall that there were many cashiers.
D.M:
What type of games were there, like on a midway?
G.B:
Yes. They called it the midway.
D.M:
Can you remember some of the games?
G.B:
Oh
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there was definitely the fish pond for all the kids and then
there was the human fish, she put a show on. She was in a tank
and she'd eat a banana and do different things underwater. There
was curtains all the way around and we always figured it was an
illusion, that she couldn't possibly ... it always left people wondering
whether she was really underwater or whether it was an illusion,
you know, the way they had it set up. And then of course there
was the bowling alley and a dart game. Not too many really
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then
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�they had some kind of a game, I don't know what they called it,
it was a japanese man that ran it, and of course his prizes were
all pieces of china, a little vase or something like that.
D.M:
They gave away prizes at the games?
G.B:.
Right.
D.M:
What about the Dance Hall, did you go in there very much?
G.B:
Well, every time I got a chance to, as I mentioned, they had big
band names
of course we had an hour for lunch and an hour for
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dinner and then we had 15 minute breaks. The washrooms were
all at the Dance Hall and by the time you got through all that crowd
on your 1 5 minute break and stood in line, you were lucky to get
back in time. Especially me, because I was at the very end of the
park. Then I had to wait until everybody was off, pretty well situated,
then I
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the night watchman carried
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because I had a great big
can plus my cash box, so I used to run ahead of him and get my
cash box in there so I could get back and get the last train down
to the ferry to go home. So, as I say, that was pretty much the
system then.
D.M:
What was in the Dance Hall, was it just for dancing?
G.B:
Well, it was a
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they had like these verandahs with park benches
and you could go and sit if you got too warm dancing. But generally
people would stand around. Then you could go upstairs where there
were more benches and that and you could sit there and watch
them dance and listen to the music. My mother loved to go there
and sit. Other than that you had to go to the stand for refreshements.
D.M:
I thoughfthere was a bowling alley in the dance hall.
G.B:
Downstairs there was another bowling alley. And also a checking
room, if you had your picnic basket and you didn't want to carry
it, you could check it.
D.M:
What were the swimming pools like?
G.B:
Well, I only got in once or twice because I was working long hours,
but yes, it was very nice and of course very clean, the water was
always clean.
D.M:
How many pools were there?
G.B:
Well, there was the big pool, it was on the right hand side of the
Dance Hall, that was the big one, then there was the babyhole,
what we called the babyhole, it was just a little bit of water. Then
right next to that one was an open air Dance Hall with a great
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�big band shell, and they used to have dances there too. Open air
dancing they used to call it. During the summertime, I'm not sure
if they had one in the Dance Hall and one out there, I think they
just alternated, I don't think they had two dance bands because
they were too close together.
D.M:
Do you remember any of the bands that came to play there?
G.B:
Can't bring any of them to my mind.
D.M:
You said you worked long hours, how many hours a day did you work?
G.B:
Well, 12 hours. You had to be to work by 12, and then of course
you closed your stand at 11:3 0, but by the time you
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we didn't have
fridgidaires in those days and you had to pack the ice all around
the things you know, and that took another half an hour, and if you
were going to ride that train, you only took 20 minutes to do it.
The men used to pick up our ticket boxes as we called them, because
I sold tickets for whatever they wanted, if they wanted a 5¢ ice
cream cone or a 10¢ one. So that way they paid me, there was no
cash.
D.M:
How much would you have made for working 12 hours?
G.B:
10 dollars.
D.M:
10 dollars for 12 hours?
G.B:
No, for 6 days. They let me have Sunday off on that one because
I think the rides could not operate on Sunday's. Of course you just
had more or less picnickers, that way you wouldn't be quite as busy
as when the rides were open.
D.M:
Was thatalot of money then?
G.B:
Oh, When I went back to school, I think I had 90 dollars in the bank,
I saved it all, and I felt very rich.
}rp e of things did they sell in the park, did they have stands?
D.M:
What t
G.B:
Oh, like Mr. Weir, he had a great big stand and they were famous
for their clam chowder, and they had hot dogs and hamburgers and
desserts, pies and things. I guess mostly sandwiches. Then there
was the Rockeman's that was way out where I was working, near
the train where the depot was� They had a big restaurant and they
served breakfasts and things like that. There was the big hotel that
burned down and they had all full course meals, and you didn't have
to be a guest to dine there, just as long as you were... well, there
were no shorts and slacks, so everyone was able to go in.
D.M:
Did it cost anything to get into the park?
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�G.B:
No, admission was free.
D.M:
Were there souvenier stands?
G.B:
I believe there was one, not too big, not too many souveniers.
D.M:
Can you remember any of the rides?
G.B:
Oh yes. Of course I was riding those because my uncle was the master
mechanic there and he used to take me around and I used to get
all free rides. They added several
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the Heyday was very new.
D.M:
What was that?
G.B:
Well, it was something like what you call crack-the-whip, you know
what I mean, only there were double cars and they'd swing you
around rather than just the single car. It was just a little larger
crack-the-whip, that's all, but it was modernized a little bit.
D.M:
What about the Old Mill, what was that?
G.B:
Oh, that was great too, that was at the end of the park, you went
on these boats
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I don't think we went through a tunnel, but you'd
go up on a ramp and you'd splash down and people would be standing
there and they'd get soaking wet and they'd holler. Then the time
office was right next to that, I had a picture of that with my husband
standing in front of it.
D.M:
What was the Blue Streak?
G.B:
Well, the Blue Streak was quite daring, but nothing in comparison
to what we have today.
.D.M:
Was it a roller coaster?
G.B:
Yes. You went up on a high peak and then you went down and oh!
Then you went down to the end of the park and back, we thought
they were pretty steep.
D.M:
Did anybody ever get hurt on them?
G.B:
Yes, one man fell off, he stood up. When you went around... you
know... it jerked around to get up speed to go
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and he stood up
and I don't know, he just went out.
D.M:
Was he killed?
G.B:
Oh yes. He was a sailor in from York, they came in on a boat from
Scotland and this one fellow had an aunt or something living in
Buffalo and since they had shore leave, these 6 boys were guests
and they decided to go to Erie Beach for a good time so they all
came over. After the accident, apparently they were on shore leave
but they weren't to leave the country or New York State, so they
were really all in trouble, but I guess people were not thinking of
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�Erie Beach being out of the country, why, they just came through.
They still had to go through immigration, but anyways, I understand
the park wasn't responsible because they had signs all around-do
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not stand up, but he did.
D.M:
That was on the Blue Streak?
G.B:
Yes.
D.M:
Do you remember any of the other rides?
G.B:
Oh yes, I can remember them all, the Tumblebug, the Merry-go-round...
D.M:
What was the Tumblebug?
G.B:
It was sort of a thing that went up and down too, but it kinda jerked.
I don't know, it gave you a ride of some kind, I can remember it
quite well but I don't remember riding it too many times, of.course
when you are working 12 hours a day, you're not going to get many
free rides. There were quite a few nice rid�s in there.
D.M:
What ride was where the cement triangular things are out near the
water?
G.B:
Oh yes, my mother would never let me ride that! Even when I was
young and went to Erie Beach.
D.M:
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What was it called?
G.B:
I can't remember . There was also the slide that went around and
then this one here... well there were chairs and you swung around.
I don't know whether Crystal Beach had one or not. You went out
over the water and it was so full of rocks that if one of those chains
ever gave away... my mother said it was dangerous so she would
never let me ride it so I never did get a chance to... and then it
was like off that walk and everybody was so rushed to get to the
Dance Hall that I think the ride really... as I remember, I think the
last year or so, they didn't even operate it because I don't think
people got down there to ride it. Maybe many people had the same
thought as my mother, it was too dangerous! Instead of being chairs,
they were little boat shaped things, I think two people sat in them,
one in the front and one in the back.
D.M:
The Americans coming from Buffalo to Erie Beach, did they
have to go through Immigration?
G.B:
Oh yes. They'd come in on the boat and the boat office was there.
An American officer and American Customs, same as Canadian,
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they had two sets of officers. When they went through, they went
through the American side to go to Buffalo because there was no
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�Immigration at Buffalo, and then the same thing was at the ferry
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Oh no, I have to correct myself, when you went, the American officer
was on the American side, because the boat docked right at the
foot of Ferry Street.
D.M:
Did many of the people that lived in Fort Erie visit Erie Beach,
or was it mainly Americans?
G.B:
Well I presume some of them did, but where the boats and trains
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came in, they would be loaded on certain days and you couldn't hardly
walk, so I would say they had to depend mostly on Buffalo and surrounding
towns, but I'm quite sure there were alot of Canadians going up
on their holidays, because we were busy on the Canadian holidays
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a well as the American.
D.M:
Were there special celebrations at the park on holidays?
G.B:
I don't recall that there were. I just remember, as I mentioned,
they started putting in
years or the last year
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I dont know whether it was the last two
giving
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putting on shows out on the grass.
They had one show that the girls were diving from quite a height,
you know, swan diving and all those different things and the one
girl
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the horse wasn't very large and he used to go up on the ramp,
of course he didn't go all the way up, he went just so far, and he
would jump and she would be on his back and they'd jump into the
big pool.
D.M:
Was that the Diving Horses?
G.B:
Yes.
D.M:
You said your uncle worked at the park, what did he do?
G.B:
He worked all year round. If a ride would get into trouble or wasn't
just right, he would have to fix it, he used to go over the rides every
morning. All winter long he broke down all the motors and replaced
anything that was worn and things like that. And also he took care
of he zoo animals.
D.M:
There was a zoo?
G.B:
Oh yes, we had a small zoo. There was a bear and monkeys of course
and goats and snakes
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I'm not too sure about snakes. He used to
feed them and take care of them and the little bear was tame and
he'd walk around the machine shop with my uncle!!
D.M:
Your uncle, what was his name?
G.B:
William Whiteside.
D.M:
When did the park open for the summer?
G.B:
It would open for the Canadian holiday, 24th of May at that time
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�and they closed Labour Day.
D.M:
What happened during the winter, was it kept up?
G.B:
Well, people had ways of protecting their stands from the winter,
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and then the rides would be all covered up. I don't think our Merry-go-round
was built in. I think the one up at Crystal Beach has doors
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there
must have been a big tarp... I would be gone, and when they opened
up, they were all running.
D.M:
I was told that the big swimming pool was used as a skating rink
in the winter.
G. B:
Quite possible. Mr. Bardol, he was very good about things like that,
and I would think they did. Living in Buffalo, we had to go roller
skating, there was no rinks, we had no arenas in them days.
D.M:
Did you know Mr. Bardol?
G.B:
No, no I didn't, because I think he died either the year or two before
I worked, but I knew his wife, she was pretty well
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cross, I guess
you'd say. She would inspect that park and if you weren't just doing
everything right
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I wasn't there, but they said that one day in June,
well, you know, some of the kids were still in school, so the crowds
didn't get over quite like they did in the summer months, and they
had all these ice cream stands and the girls kept them all polished,
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they had soda fountains and things like that and of course, naturally
you could run out of work
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she just came along and fired everybody,
closed up all the stands. That's how
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I mean she was irrational
like that, there was no reason why the girls
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if the girls were wasting
their time and didn't have the cleaning done, you could see, but
they had them all polished up. But apparently there was sort of
a
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and as I say, they threatened me-you're 13! Don't let anybody
in this park know you're 14, if you do, you get fired. It was against
the law to hire me, but times were good and it was hard to get people
to work for two months or three months. They had to depend alot
on the school children, like high school children and things like that.
Times were good, and people wouldn't waste their time on a job
like that.
D.M:
G.B:
Three.
D.M:
How many ferries were there going between Erie Beach and Buffalo?
G.B:
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How many years did you work there?
There were two regularly, but I think on the very busy days, they
used the third one. It was the one that went all year around because
it was an ice breaker as well. The other boats didn't have steel bottoms.
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�They couldn't get through the ice. Then the trains ran, both engines
ran every day, on a busy day, otherwise, it was just the one train
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going back, but they had two engines. They'd go every half hour.
D.M:
Where did the boat bring you, to the big dock?
G.B:
Yes. You know where Louie Ziff's office is down here? Agrette's
store? Well, that was all your ferry landing and your boats would
load up.
D.M:
What about the big dock at the end of Bardol Road, what was that
used for?
G.B:
Oh! Yes, now I do remember that. That one was where they loaded
the boats up. That was the end of the park and that was where they
loaded everybody up, and there would be two boats going back and
forth all the time. That was where you got on and got off, then you
walked that length and you hit the Customs and Immigration, then
you were in the park.
D.M:
Do you remember the name of any of the ferries or the boats?
G.B:
The two boats that came into the beach were called the Ossian
Bedell and the something. I think they had one other boat, but I'm
not sure whether
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The ferryboats were the New Town or the Newton,
Jamaica and I forget what they called the ice-breaker.
D.M:
Where did the trains bring you? Where did they start and end?
G.B:
As I say, the ferry dock was there and there was the drugstore which
is where Louie Ziff is now. Right in back of that was the paper store.
He was Madeline Gibson's uncle and he was blind, he sold papers.
He was blind, but he could tell you whether he was handling American
money or Canadian Money. I had never witnessed it, but they said
he could even tell the difference in the bills, I don't know about
the denomination
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but nobody was going to give you a dollar to
buy a paper, what were they, 8 cents or something like that
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or
a dime, most everybody had change. The train came right in back
of that and there were benches and you could sit there and wait
for the train and then they'd load the train up.
D.M:
Where did it take you, to the other end of the park?
G.B:
I don't remember going that far, Al (Reid ) said it went as far as
that store. There wasn't a store there when we were there the other
day, but there used to be Hunt's Store and Mrs. Bardol lived on the
other corner. He said it went that far, but when I started working
there, it just went
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well, I'd say it went to the Orchard, and turned
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�around and came back. They didn't go through the park when I got
there.
D.M:
What's the Orchard?
G.B:
Well, that was like the Grove
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or the picnic tables. All apple trees
and different things that people could you know, go there and have
their lunch. I think Al called it the Grove, that's the way it started
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out, just as a picnic place, you pro" ably heard him say that. What
did he say, was it 19 1 2 that Mr. Bardo! started Erie Beach and putting
amusements in it. . .
D.M:
19 10.
G.B:
Oh, 19 10.
D.M:
Why did the park close in 1930?
G.B:
Well, I guess it was Depression that helped it and then Mr. Pardee
bought it, and Mrs. Bardo! was getting older and the boys were going
to run the park but apparently they felt like they didn't want it
anymore, but I think the crowds were going down. I think Depression
helped alot.
D.M:
Do you remember when the hotel burned?
G.B:
Yes. I was going with my husband at the time and I met him and
he came over and he said
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he didn't have a car so he borrowed
the neighbors next door and it broke down just about in the middle
of the street going up, just before you go up the Dominion Road,
we had only a volunteer Fire Department, so Buffalo helped them
out. So they were bringing these trucks over and the Peace Bridge
was built by this time, anyway, they are corning along with their
sirens and they're saying Get out of the way! He's gonna hit that
car, cause he couldn't move it and it was an old heavy thing. Anyways,
I don't know how he got by us, really! He went right by us. They
had to depend too, I guess, on pumpers, because as I remember they
might have had some water in there, but not up that far. I know
they had to depend on Buffalo to help them.
D.M:
It burned to the ground?
G.B:
Oh, yes. Because it was an old wooden frame. It was only a summer
hotel, so it wasn't that
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but of course it had walls, but I don't know
what kind.
D.M:
It didn't burn down for 5 years after the park closed, what was it
used for for those 5 years?
G.B:
I wouldn't really know because we didn't come here from Buffalo,
and if we did we went to Crystal Beach and that would have been
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�on the boats. I don't know what they used it for unless they used
it for storage or just left it there, whether they sold the furniture,
I wouldn't know. By this time, the boys had it and they weren't too
interested in carrying
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oh no, Mr. Pardee owned it when it burned
down. On the other hand I think the Bardols bought it back, I believe
they got it back... he had so much invested in it and he shot himself,
so I believe it did go back into the hands of the Bardol's.
D.M:
What happened to the amusements and everything when it closed?
G.B:
Well, they were bought by different companies, now if you go to
the Skylon, unless they changed it, the Merry-go-round downstairs
is the old Erie Beach Merry-go-round and if you look around, there's
a sign there saying that it is the Merry-go-round from the old Erie
Beach.
D.M:
Where's that?
G.B:
The Skylon in Niagara Falls. You go downstairs and there's a Merry-go-round
there. Now, I don't know, this was quite a few years ago, maybe
it's worn out and they don't have it anymore, I'm not sure. It had
a sign around there someplace saying it was th.e old Erie Beach carousel.
Where the other ones went, I don't know. I heard some went here
and some went there, but by this time, I was through school and
I had a steady job. But I think my uncle really stayed there until
some of the things went, but of course he didn't have to worry about
his job, because he had his machine shop on Niagara Street in Buffalo,
so he didn't have tp worry about getting another job or staying on,
I don't know just what they did with it. That's the only place that
I know
I remember my father saying that somebody else bought
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something from Toronto and another one
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I don't know if they brought
it from Pennsylvania or what, took it to Pennsylvania, but that's
just what I've heard.
D.M:
Whay did Erie Beach close and not Crystal Beach?
G.B:
Well, I don't know. So many people always thought Erie Beach was
nicer than Crystal, but don't forget they had all the sand for swimming
and that would be a big attraction. And they had a much larger
Dance Hall too, so... whoever bought Crystal Beach seemed to be
able to keep it going. Mr. Pardee
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it just seemed to go apart after
the Bardol's sold it, it didn't seem to hold up. But anyways, they
managed
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Also, Crystal Beach is really a town too, if company
came, it would be the first place to go, to the beach, Crystal Beach.
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�But I don't know whether Hall's
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no, I don't think Hall's have it
any more, somebody else has it. It seems to me, people named Hall
used to have it.
D.M:
Did you go to Crystal Beach much?
G.B:
Well, I think I did more so when I was younger, you know, I was
a kid going, but after I started working, then ... after I got finished
with Erie Beach I was looking .for steady work and I was out of school,
so this way I didn't get over quite as much.
D.M:
You mentioned you knew Mrs. Bardol, were you ever in her house?
G.B:
Yes, just once. I had to go up there for something, and I can't recall
what it was, but I don't think I got any farther than the kitchen.
She was so
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I mean her face and everything were just ugly, I don't
know!! I hate to say this about her because the whole three sisters...
there were the three sisters, Mrs. Mann, and oh, what were the
other ones
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and they were all so tough
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that one lady's name
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I wish I could remember
but anyway, you just felt fear! Not my uncle
of course! But any of us in the park, 'cause she'd go up to the park
and she'd stomp through and she'd be
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dark. That's all I can say.
D.M:
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Do you remember the inside of the house?
G.B:
Well, as I say, the kitchen was a very large kitchen, I didn't see
the other part. From what I understand it was very nice. The windows
are much different than when she lived there. I didn't think it was
quite the same. I was a little surprised, the store across the street,
now Harry Heatherington, he had that store going for years.
D.M:
It's called Taco The Town now, it's a taco stand.
G.B:
Oh, is that it? It was a grocery store and Harry Heatherington carried
alot of fresh meat. When they had it, it was a grocery store, and
then they had china and things like that, English china the people
would pick up. I don't know whether they stay open all winter long,
but I know Harry Heatherington did. By this time people were buying
up the houses, they were selling their cottages and that
•••
and the
Fleet coming in. People were selling their cottages and making
them into year-rot.ind houses.
D.M:
I understand the Bardol's owned alot of the houses along the lakeshore.
G.B:
They did, yes. I believe those lots are being sold. The Bardol home
•••
It was Bob ( Bardol) I think, was it Bob or Edgar ( Bardol) that built
that house up on that knoll right at Albert Street?
D.M:
Bob, I think.
G.B:
Because as I remember, there was an old place up there, and somebody
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�said it used to be a bathhouse, where people changed their clothes.
By the time I got going to Erie Beach, the doors and the windows
were out. But there were always little cottages along there. In fact,
{
I guess they ran out of them towards the end there. Then it became
run down.
D.M:
Do you have anything else you'd like to add?
G.B:
Well, I think I've just about told you everything that I can remember
or anything that was outstanding. The rest was just everyday work,
people coming and going. Outside of that one fellow falling off the
Blue Streak, everything seemed to be quite general
•••
unless alot
of things went on that I didn't find out about! But I'm sure I would
have heard it.
D.M:
Thank-you very much.
G.B:
Thank-you. It was very interesting talking, to you.
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Oral History Transcripts
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oral history, Fort Erie
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Transcriptions from interviews of various Fort Erie residents conducted in 1985 by the Fort Erie Public Library
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Diana Matthews
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Gladys Barnhardt
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Crescent Park Lodge, Hagey Street, Fort Erie.
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Oral History - Barnhardt, Gladys
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This is the transcript of the Gladys Barnhardts' interview. She discusses topics such as:
Jarvis Street
Erie Beach
The Great Depression
Ferries
Customs and Immigration
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Fort Erie Public Library Local History Collection
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April 18, 1985
1930s
1980s
1985
Erie Beach
Fort Erie
Oral history
streets and avenues
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