16091. Oral History excerpt: "Everybody was a farmer" (00:42)

Date:
December 6, 2019
Main contributors:
Truchan, Steve (narrator)
Summary:
Steve Truchan details life growing up in the Small Farms community in Lake County, Indiana. He says that "everybody was a farmer." He describes a beautiful scene surrounding the Chase Street Spring...

16092. Oral History excerpt: "The Chase Street well quit running" (01:27)

Date:
December 6, 2019
Main contributors:
Truchan, Steve (narrator)
Summary:
Steve Truchan's family business, the Gary Bridge and Iron Company is located near the Chase Street spring. He recalls a time when the spring stopped flowing. It happened in the early 1980s when new...

16093. Oral History with Steve Truchan (40:10)

Date:
December 6, 2019
Main contributors:
Truchan, Steve (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Steve Truchan at his office at the Gary Bridge and Iron Company in Gary, Indiana, on December 6, 2019. Truchan is the owner of Gary Bridge and Iron Company, located on 37th ...

16094. Steve Truchan excerpt 1 (03:04)

Date:
December 6, 2019
Main contributors:
Truchan, Steve (narrator)
Summary:
Steve Truchan describes how modifications to the Little Calumet River and its watershed impacted the neighborhoods near the spring.

16096. Peace comes to America (10:46)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Summary:
Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war. Features appearances by President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Tre...

16098. Trushay "Five Women" (01:02)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Trushay
Summary:
An advertisement for Trushay lotion in which a male narrator extols the moisturizing qualities of the product for women sensitive to cold, sun, or detergents. Slow-motion shots of oil droplets are ...