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Recording Details: Roy Hermann:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:04:20 Discussion about blacksmiths and wheelwrights in Pownal, with mention of wild horses; Lem Carver, blacksmiths, Jake Weatherbie, William Brown, Jardine, Pownal, Richard Carver, Will Carver, forge, Hoss Jardine, wheelwrights, Will Judson, horseshoeing, wild horses. 

SIDE A 00:04:20 -- 00:06:03 Discussion about William Brown the blacksmith, who was also a wheelwright and gunsmith; gunsmith, blacksmith, wheelwright, guns, William Brown, Pownal. 

SIDE A 00:06:03 -- 00:07:14 Discussion about Gill's forge, with mention of windmills and stationary engines; Johnny Gill, wind power, windmills, stationary engine, forge, lathe, blacksmiths. 

SIDE A 00:07:14 -- 00:09:51 Discussion about blacksmith jobs; horseshoeing, sleighs, sleigh prices, wages, Reuben Barr, driving sleighs, sleigh building. 

SIDE A 00:09:51 -- 00:11:03 Discussion about moving back from the U.S. in 1929 and opening his own garage; 1929, blacksmiths, Pownal. 

SIDE A 00:11:03 -- 00:12:03 Discussion about his parents and his life growing up; 1909, Pownal School, 1923. 

SIDE A 00:12:03 -- 00:24:08 Discussion about working for his uncle in his traveling medicine show; Phil Hermann, Dr. Hermann, medicine show, traveling medicine show, moving picture show, medicine, medicine prices, toothpaste, eyeglasses, ophthalmologist, cough syrup, sarsaparilla, movies, cures, magician, 1920s, silent movies. 

SIDE A 00:24:08 -- 00:28:30 Discussion about his family, with mention of his father working in his uncle's show and how his parents met; Phil Hermann, Hermann, 1905, Pearl Carver, Pownal, early 1900s. 

SIDE A 00:28:30 -- 00:30:04 Discussion about working with his uncle continues, with mention of the end of his business; wages, Phil Hermann, Tiny Hermann. 

SIDE A 00:30:04 -- 00:31:45 Stories about his uncle's size and strength; piano, Phil Hermann, feats of strength, strong. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.

SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:32:20 Stories about his uncle's size and strength continue; Phil Hermann, feats of strength, strong. 

SIDE B 00:32:20 -- 00:36:19 Discussion about businesses in Pownal with mention of his grandfather's hotel and harness shop, restaurants, and shipbuilding; Pownal, hotels, George Carver, harnesses, shipbuilding, Humbug Point. 

SIDE B 00:36:19 -- 00:39:10 Discussion about oysters, mussel mud, and capstans; oysters, mussel mud, capstans. 

SIDE B 00:39:10 -- 00:42:47 Discussion about Governor's Island and St. Peter's Island, with mention of drilling for oil there; Doug Judson, Governor's Island, oil drilling, St. Peter's Island, Taylor. 

SIDE B 00:42:47 -- 00:45:33 Discussion about a lobster factories, with mention of one on Governor's Island; Jack Jardine, Governor's Island, lobster canneries, lobster factories, Judson, lobster fishing. 

SIDE B 00:45:33 -- 00:46:13 Discussion about fishing with his brothers; eels, mackerel, herring, fishing. 

SIDE B 00:46:13 -- 00:48:24 Discussion about local businesses continues, with mention of bars; Ten Mile House, Alexandra, bars, Jenkins, liquor. 

SIDE B 00:48:24 -- 00:50:20 Discussion about rum running; Point Prim, rum running, 3 mile limit, three mile limit, 12 mile limit, twelve mile limit, prohibition. 

SIDE B 00:50:20 -- 00:54:10 Discussion about working for the Wright Aeronautical Corporation in New Jersey; 1929, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1929 crash, airplane engines, wages. 

SIDE B 00:54:10 -- 01:02:17 Discussion about the first car he saw and his 64 years work as a mechanic, with mention of gasoline; cars, William Ings, 1918 Model-T Ford, mechanic, Packard, Model-T Fords, Chevrolet, Pontiac, auto garage, 1929, car prices, gasoline, gas, Nicholson gas, Irving gas, gas prices, 1930s,

SIDE B 01:02:17 -- 01:03:37 Discussion about the biggest changes over the years and the Brickyard Hollow; highways, Trans Canada Highway, Brickyard Hollow. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:37.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Hermann, Ernest "Roy"

Playing Time:
01:03:37

Interview Date(s):
1996-01-09

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Ernest "Roy" Hermann of Pownal, P.E.I. In this interview Roy talks about local blacksmiths, his life growing up, Pownal, working with his uncle in a traveling medicine show, his uncle Phil Hermann, lobster factories, Governor's Island, oil drilling, working in New Jersey, cars, and his auto mechanic shop which he ran for 64 years.

Place(s) Discussed:
Pownal, PE; Governor's Island, PE; St. Peter's Island, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1929, 1923, 1909, 1920s, 1905, early 1900s, 1930s

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