Rose Agnes Bastian interview, 2006

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Rose Agnes Bastian was born in Cleveland in 1926. She grew up on Cory Avenue off of East 79th Street and later settled in Brook Park. She describes her neighborhood surroundings, going to St. Agnes Parish School, traveling around downtown on the streetcar and explains how the Depression and wars have affected her family. Bastian vividly describes what she and others did for fun while growing up in the area and compares the family dynamics of her youth to today.

Participants: Bastian, Rose Agnes (interviewee)
Collection: Project Team
Institutional Repository: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection

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