Glass, Marianne

Date:
1993-03-10
Length:
28 minutes
Interviewer:
Peloff, James H.
Transcription available:
no
Series:
1937 Flood (1993)
Series ID:
2014_037
Interview Number(s):
2014_37_1
Summary:
Marianne Glass was seven years old and a second grader at Emerson School at the time of the 1937 flood. She lived with her grandparents and parents and one sister at 1127 Sylvia Street in the Germantown area of Louisville. Her home was not in the flood area but water came wihin two blocks of her home. She gives her recollections of the flood as a seven-year-old and recalls the fear that she felt as a child going through the flood. She also discusses what she did to pass the time during the flood. Index available.
Topic(s):
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville, Pastimes, Germantown (Louisville, Ky.)