Lucille A. Williams
1925 -
Interview Length: 52 minutes
Interview Date: September 17, 2009
Interview Location: WHBG Channel 20, 223 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA
Lucille Williams' Italian-born father was a laborer in Harrisburg in the early 1900s. The young family lived on Dock Street with an outhouse and chicken coop until 1931, when they moved to Bailey Street into what was originally the lieutenant governor's residence - a very elegant transition. Her enterprising father then turned it into grocery store and had a truck outfitted to vend food and dry goods. The whole family of five girls and one boy helped sell food at local parades, parks, Italian Lake, along the river and even to workers at the Farm Show during the war, when the building was used for manufacturing airplanes.
- Lucille Williams talks about where she grew up, and her family history.
- Lucille Williams talks about what it was like growing up in Harrisburg and what she did for fun.
- Lucille Williams talks about the house she grew up in, people she remembers, meeting her husband, and her children.
- Lucille Williams talks about her family's store, working for the state, and her husband's family.
- Lucille Williams talks about what Harrisburg was like when she was growing up, and the flood of 1972.
- Lucille Williams talks more about her family's store, and how her father would not work on the 4th of July.
- Lucille Williams talks about crimes in Harrisburg, how she got around town, and how everything she needed was available in her neighborhood.
- Lucille Williams talks about the theatres in Harrisburg, listening to radio shows, and the ticker tape machine to get the latest news.
- Lucille Williams talks about recollections of the Farm Show, the Ringling Brothers Circus, Italian Lake, and how generous her father was to people in need.
- Lucille Williams talks about going to church, her strongest memory of Harrisburg, and her mother.
