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Hakala, Esther - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1980-07-07Item number (ISN):435446Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:LATENT IMAGESAccession:1981-0024Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1980-07-07Production company:Latent ImagesProduction credit:interviewer, Karen TeepleDescription:Oral history interview of Esther Hakala by Karen Teeple. Recorded at the interviewee's home in Sudbury, Ontario. Esther Hakala was born in southern Finland in 1907. She grew up in a lumber village. There were 6 girls and 4 boys in the family. Her father was a blacksmith and her mother stayed at home. She worked as a domestic for a Swedish family in Finland. Then worked in a paper factory in Finland at age of 15. Came to Canada in 1928 by herself at the age of 21. Worked as a domestic for a famiy of four. Her employer was a real estate broker. Stayed for about a year with this family. She discusses the working conditions she experienced as a domestic. Discusses some of the social activities they participated in at the Finnish Hall in Toronto. <58mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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