Washington County Oral Histories

Mike Huffsmith and brother oral history recording

An audio recording of an oral history of Mike Huffsmith and his brother about the old Albina district of Portland, Oregon. A woman is on the recording as well, possibly Mike Huffsmith's wife. The Huffsmith brothers explain how they lived in an area with many different settlements of ethnicities; Jewish, German, Italian and Russian. Growing up in the heart of the city they were about to use streetcars to get to most places, including their father's work. There was a conversation about the building of Swan Island Airport in 1927, following a discussion about a disaster involving Swan Island in the 1920’s or 1930’s. There was a phone interruption at 16:40 and recording cutting out at 31:10 and 47:00.

Huffsmith, Mike

Ellis Lucia papers

Portland (Or.) -- History

Portland (Or.)

1 sound cassette (50 min.)

English

PUA_OH_29

In Copyright

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Pacific University Archives

Lucia, Ellis

Audiocassettes

Sound