Tape number: V45
Name: William Eugene Mattingly
Location: McLean, VA
Date of Birth: August 3, 1896
Date of Recording: 1970 (B&W EIAJ 1/2 Sony 3600 VTR recording that has been transfered to DVD)
Recorded By: Grayson Mattingly
Log Sheet by: Grayson Mattingly
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Title 1 | ||
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1/00 - 9/00 | L | William recalls early recollections of street cars in Washington DC. Describes horse drawn, cable and electified street cars. |
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Title 2 | ||
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00/14 | L | Continued discussing of street cars in Washington, DC., mail cars |
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2/43 | L | Describes communter rail - Virginia Electric Line WB&A that came in from Virginia and across Aqueduct Bridge. |
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4/17 | L | Talks about the building of Union Station in 1907. Mostly hand dug. Station replaced two stations in DC - The Penn station and the B&O station. Work done by Italian imigrants requiring traslators. Describes various ways earth was dig and moved. Steam engines were used to power shovels and dericks. |
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11/00 | L | Describes in detail horse drawn fire engines. How the horses were attached to the engine, how the fire was kept hot, how the pumps worked. |
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Title 3 | This title is no good - picture and sound ng | |
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Title 4 | ||
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00/00-2/00 | L | Continues discription of horse drawn fire engines. Tape is damaged - audio is ok but video is very unstable. |
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00/10 -1/00 | L | Continues discription of horse drawn fire engines. |
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Title 7 | This title is a copy of tape V25. Quality is very good. Orginially recorded on 3/4 VCR in 1991. | |
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