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Tape number:  V05A1T

Name:  Ella Wanda Edwards (Teenie)

Location:  Gwynns Island, Virginia

Date of Birth:  September 26, 1920

Date of Recording: November 5, 2003

Recorded By:  Talking Across The Lines

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 01

 42/25, 43/40

Birth on Gwynns Island&continued family description...

honest island folks

 02

43/54 

BH 

Mention of worker

for family&related

incident

 03

 45/04

Noted Gazelle Moore and family ties

 04

45/42

C, SW, ST 

Memories of skiff

rowing, local store, steamboat Captain Homer Callis

 05

46/30, 47/55

ST 

Invited to see Captain Callis from

Gwynns Island&

personal observa-

tions of his pilot-

ing skills

06 

49/58

SW 

Watching steam-

boats sail&hus-

band sailed on the

Potomac line

 07

51/01 

SW, L 

Description of

steamer at Fitch-

etts Wharf&local

accidental drown-

ing

 08

53/18 

F, L 

Father a waterman..

description of boat..

locals lose boats in

storm of 1933

 

 09

54/30 

Wheel in pilot house built by bro-

ther&searching for

original family  boat

 10

57/56 

Dance hall across

from ferry&enter-

tainment described

 11

59/24

L, SW 

Talks about first

business in Gwynns

Island&met ferry

often&received

bicycle from Mon-

gomery Wards

shipped on steamer

 12

1/06 

Danced by piano

at home&much

fun

 13

1/37 

SW 

Recollection  of AdamsFloating Theatre at Gwynns Island wharf during 1933 storm&men-

tion of Edna Fer-

bers  Showboat

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