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Audio Files from the 1999 Farm Progress Show

At the 1999 Farm Progress Show in the Iowa Amana Colonies, over 240 people ranging from pre-schoolers to elders talked with Iowa State University Extension staff about memories, traditions, and life-experiences.

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"(T)hey had invited us to go swimming with them in the Mississippi River."
   
 hyperlink to Interview with Sue  Interview with Sue
"I was going to make pies..."
hyperlink to Interview with Jim  Interview with Jim
"I became fascinated with stories as a kid."
 
hyperlink to Interview with Pat  Interview with Pat
"II decided to practice what I preached from Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate.."
  
hyperlink to Interview with Tove  Interview with Tove
"Jesse James came to their home on a Sunday with his gun."
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" I remember growing up on the farm being so excited about 4-H."
   
 hyperlink to Interview with Claudia  Interview with Claudia
"When I came to the farm I had no idea what I was getting into."
 
hyperlink to Interview with Veron  Interview with Vernon
"(W)e had my parents Model T out in the yard... "
   
hyperlink to Interview with Doris  Interview with Doris
"I was a Rosie the Riveter in World War II."
    
hyperlink to Interview with Paul  Interview with Paul
"The dirt storms would come and it would turn dark completely like night in the daytime."
 photo: conducting interviews at Farm Progress Show
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