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1981-0024

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1980-07-07

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interviewer, Karen Teeple

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>

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