From the old country to the new world, and from the mill towns of the northeast to the farmlands of the American south.
Davenport Town, the racially segregated black neighborhood on the eastern edge of Smyrna Bill Marchione: I wanted to ask you if you had any experience of the black neighborhood called Davenport Town. Helen McGee: Yes, actually one of the black ladies that used to live in Davenport Town used to do our washing years ago, and …
Continue reading Oral Interview with Helen Terrell McGee, age 91, and Nancy McGee, part 2
Bill Marchione: What do you recollect about transportation in your early years? John McLane: Of course, we had the old semi-cars. Some of them turned around at Oak Square. They were a noisy streetcar. Streetcar changing directions at Oak Square, Brighton, with Faneuil Street and Bigelow Hill in the background I’ve seen a lot of …
Continue reading John McLane Oral Interview, part 2: Gordon Street, Allston and Vicinity
Local Historian North & South 