Title
Wilhelmina Jost Interview, ca. 1977
Files
Download Mrs. Frank Jost Interview Transcript (210 KB)
Document Type
Book
Loading...
Interviewer
Lee Tempte
Interviewee
Wilhelmina Jost
Date Recorded
1977
Date Digital
7-29-2020
County
Big Stone County and Stevens County
Keywords
Agricultural exhibitions--Iowa; Hot air balloons; Airplanes; Breakfast cereals; Drinking water; Candy; Food processing plants; Dating (Social customs); Farm life--Minnesota--Ortonville
Description
Wilhelmina Josephine (Zaehringer) Jost was 83 years old and was born in Clinton, Iowa. She was a city girl growing up.
In this interview, she talks about seeing the Wright Brothers first flight and the first hot air balloons. She discusses the county fairs, breakfast cereal, getting drinking water in the city, and her work in a candy factory. She discusses dating during that time. When she was married, she and her husband moved to a farm in Ortonville and she recollects some of the bad times getting used to being a new country girl. They then moved to a farm in Stevens County and then to the city.
Run Time
00:11:34
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
KMRSJost01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1019
Recommended Citation
Jost, Wilhelmina Josephine, "Wilhelmina Jost Interview, ca. 1977" (1977). Reminiscing in West Central Minnesota (KMRS Feature). 43.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/43
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
The digitization and transcription of this oral history was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.