Interview with Minnie E. Hines, Juanita Estill, November 8, 1991

Interview Summary

Childhood in Portland and Louisville between 1910-1925, 1930-1945, family tragedies-mother's death and father's loss of leg, Irish father's loyalty to Democratic Party, community places and forbidden places, saloon owner's friendliness to kids, public school's strictness, chores, bread label coupons for Norman Theater, Minnie Hines was born in 1909, the daughter of a railroad section foreman, Juanita Estill was born in 1929, the 1913 and 1937 floods, strong sense of community-mutual aid farm, relatives' gifts of food from farm, Minnie's restaurant work, Juanita's "adoption" by uncle after father abandoned family, race relations, community safety until the 1970s, Portland, Kentucky and its tough reputation, Jefferson County.

Interview Keyword

Childhood family life

Interview LC Subject

Children Children--Kentucky Estill, Juanita, 1929- Estill, Juanita, 1929- --Interviews Family--history Hines, Minnie E., 1909- Hines, Minnie E., 1909- --Interviews Kentucky--History

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