Tape number: V10
Name: William Crosby
Location: White Stone, VA
Date of Birth: 1/2/1917
Date of Recording: 11/13/03
Recorded By: Dianne Jordon
Log Sheet by: Grayson Mattingly
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1/15 | F,W | Born on Dymers Creek, Raised in Ditchley Va. Tells about a trip he took at age 5 to Crisfield where he picked strawberrys and made enough money to buy a pair of pants. Talks about seeing his first steam engine. Worked for five to ten cents a day. |
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7/33 | SW | Talks about the steamer in Ditchley area. |
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9/00 | F | His father built skiffs and was very handy - could build anything. Would go hunting with father. |
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12/27 | SW | Talks about people that worked on steamers. Steamer would bring supplies to Eubanks in Kilmarnock. |
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17/40 | W | Talks about some of the local fish factories. Talks about Shad Row fish. Made two dollars a day working in the fish factory. |
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21/35 | E | Talks about the school for blacks in White Stone. |
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23/50 | L | Talks about crab cakes and soft shell crabs. |
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26/00 | W | Talks about sellling seafood to places in Richmond 43 years - the friendships he made through his work. |
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37/10 | W | Talks about what it was like in the crab and oyster house. Would sing hymns. |
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41/30 | W | Gives a few lines from a song they used to sing |
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43/30 | SC | Both white and black worked on the boat. Tells story about white man that married back woman.All blacks waited on the tables and cooked meals. Talks about people he knew that cooked on steamers. |
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53/00 | W, M | Talks about stricker boat experience- "dry boat". Being lifted up by a whale. Four months would make $250.00 |
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58/00 | F | Talks about father, his origins. |
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