Transcript of oral history interview with Ethel Provenzano
Description:
Oral history interview with Ethel Provenzano. Provenzano describes the streetscape of South Boston and its changes from the 1930s onward, including stores, factories, schools, and other buildings. She relates her experiences raising her three children during the Great Depression and WWII, and describes how she provided for her family by working in Cables Raincoat Factory as well as receiving welfare and food rations. Topics also mentioned include D Street, F Street, H Street, K Street, L Street, N Street, East First Street, Second Street, Third Street, Fourth Street, Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Eighth Street, Broadway, Dorchester Street, Morrissey Boulevard, Andrews Square, the Sumner Tunnel, Dorchester, Dedham, Boston Logan International Airport, Columbia Point housing project, Slocum’s Toyland toy store, A&P grocery store, First National Bank, Cumberland Farms, Supreme Market, Strand Theatre, Joe’s Spa, Bradlees, Howard Johnson’s restaurant, United States Button Factory, Lumson, Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club, New England Wafer Company (Necco), Walworth Manufacturing Company, White Fuel Company, Boston Beer Company, Siegel’s, Haffenreffer Brewery, Gillette Factory, S.A. Woods Machine Company, the 920 Club, South Boston Savings Bank, the Red Cross, the Frederic W. Lincoln School, Gaston School, Tynan Elementary School, Joseph Tuckerman School, South Boston High School, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Atomic Bomb, Remember When (1974 TV movie), Felix the Cat, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Transcript contains outdated language used to describe ethnic groups.
