Betty Richards
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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John Bonnell | Tales of Cape Cod |
Born in 1892, Bonnell describes his experiences living on Cape Cod including bullraking, digging clams, and tautog fishing; transportation to the Cape by train, early automobiles and motorcycles; early electric lights and kerosene lanterns; dentistry on the Cape in the early 20th century; Billingsgate Island; rum runners, and being the captain of a charter fishing boat. |
Betty Richards | Orleans, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Mary Carreiro | Tales of Cape Cod |
Mary Carreiro interview with Tales of Cape Cod, May 15, 1978 in Provincetown, MA. Born in 1903, Mary recalls how her father came to Provincetown as a stowaway on a fishing vessel from the Azore Islands and working off the cost of passage after he was brought to the customs office.She describes Provincetown before World War I. Tells of trains and boats coming to Provincetown in the summer and the large boat the Dorothy Bradford carried 1200-1300 people. She tells of her first jobs at 13 where she was paid $1.50 per week washing silverware and glasses at the Atlant |
Betty Richards | Provincetown, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
Horace & Malcolm Crosby | Tales of Cape Cod |
Malcolm “Max” Crosby age 85 (born 1893) and Horace M. Crosby Jr. |
Betty Richards | Osterville, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | |
William L. Grozier | Tales of Cape Cod |
Mr. Grozier was born in North Truro in 1904. His paternal grandfather John Paine Grozier was born in Truro. His grandfather’s occupation was a teamer, one who collected cargo from shipwrecks on the beaches and then reloaded it on ships. His father John Franklin Grozier was a road man who worked for the town of Truro for 32 years. Mr. |
Betty Richards | North Truro, MA | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives |