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William Osborn and David deCamillis interview

CALL NUMBER: T2620:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian and Jewish communities PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Osborn: Parents came to Canada, 1905; moved to Vancouver 1919; first residences and rent; schools; location of Japanese, Serbian, mixed European, Jewish, Italian and Chinese communities; schoolmates -- Ben Pastinsky and Jimmy McLarnin; Cordova St. bunch; swimming and skating; Vancouver city dump; curfew; job as newsboy; first job with Rosenbaum meat business as an apprentice butcher; driving habits; kids in the old days; train-car accident. David deCamillis: Local police; Depression years- jobs; shanty towns- conditions, food supplies. Osborn: 1919 and 1932 depressions; work; as a butcher; recent changes in the area. deCamillis: McLean Park before it was a park; streetcar route; Hogan's Alley; Jews leaving area by 1925. TRACK 2: deCamillis: came in 1929; parking restrictions 1933-34; parents' apartment building; childhood chores; entertainment- dance halls, house parties, music; backyards- gardens and livestock. Family background: story of parents' emigration from Italy and impressions of Canada. Parents bought apartment block, 1929. His own story of riding the rails in the Depression; hobo jungles and relief camps. Family life. Bootleggers. Movies and theatres.; Memorable stage shows.; CALL NUMBER: T2620:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: David deCamillis discusses: theatres, dance halls, music; anecdotes about dances, night clubs, house parties; politics in the early '30s -- early admiration of fascist states; local fascist activities; arrest of suspected fascists; building up his trucking business, Western Cartage Ltd; mixed feelings in Italian community in WW II; entertainment at Lotus Cabaret; local bootleggers; luxury; bawdy houses on Alexander Street. TRACK 2: deCamillis discusses: prostitution in the neighbourhood; cars and taxis; attitudes toward prostitution; different types of prostitutes; Hogan's Alley; black community; gypsies; (gap) history of parents' apartment building; homes and businesses where McLean Park is.; CALL NUMBER: T2620:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: David deCamillis discusses: picnics at the beaches; Italian picnics; family love of swimming and the sea; loyalty and honour in family life; mother's attitude to Canada- encouragement of children; leaders in the community- Angelo Calori, and deCamillis' father (labourer and foreman). Comments on photos: Hogan's Alley; Lungo; other buildings and people. (End of interview);