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FMH-V1011 |
Object Name |
Video, Digital |
Description |
Oral history video, Part 2, by William Frank "Frank" Laraway (1933-2019). Part 1 is available at FMH-V1010. Laraway's story starts with his marriage in 1963, return to Fairhope from Michigan in 1965, and the establishment of his career as an architect.. For the rest of this detailed interview, Laraway talks about his early life in Fairhope in the 1940s and 1950s: farming and raising chickens (commercially), Organic School, friends, outings with friends at Mobile Bay, Fly Creek, Bohemian Park and Fish River for picnics. In addition, Laraway talks in detail about the Quaker community and the exact locations of their Fairhope Single Tax Corporation leaseholds in East Fairhope where they farmed. The Czech community is mentioned. Laraway talks some about the Civil War, and discusses political leanings in mid-century Fairhope. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection. |
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People |
Laraway, William Frank, Jr. (1933-2019) Dyer, George F. Stapleton, John Cain, Kenneth Nichols, Paul (1871-1948) Battey, Herman J. Guindon, A. W. Mendenhall, Hubert Wallace, Kenneth Elmore James, Walter Burmeister, W. H. Rockwell, R. L. Rockwell, Helen Belle Butgereit, Roy |
Search Terms |
Oral Histories Interviews Dairy Farm Organic School Education Architecture Employment Burkel's Pavilion Civil War Politics Recreation Social Gatherings Electricity Quakers Czech communtiy Fairhope Single Tax Corporation |
Title |
Frank Laraway Oral History Video, Part 2 |