Interview with Catherine Ehrmann, July 15, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Catherine Ehrmann came with her family from Hungary to Philadelphia in 1904, when she was two years old. She grew up right around the corner from the Stetson Hat Company in the Kensington neighborhood. In 1916, at the age of 14, she began to work at Stetson's, and stopped working there when she married at the age of 21. In her July 1982 interview, Ehrmann talked about her time as a Stetson employee and how she married against her Old World father's wishes.Interview Accession
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Employment Childhood Child labor. World War, 1914-1918 Immigrants Emigration and immigration. Marriage Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Families. Hungarian Americans. Recreation Citizenship Philadelphia (Pa.) Emigration and immigration.Interview Rights
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Ehrmann, Catherine Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 15 Jul. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ehrmann, C. (1982, July 15). Interview by C. H. III. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ehrmann, Catherine, interview by Charles Hardy, III. July 15, 1982, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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