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Garbagemen’s Pay: A Reminiscence of 1930s Seattle

This reminiscence by Dorothea (Pfister) Nordstrand (1916-2011) is about the colorful characters she met while working at Green Lake State Bank. Dorothea was a frequent...

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My First Job: A Reminiscence of the Great Depression
Graduation from high school in 1934 plunged me smack into the midst of the Great Depression...
Memories of Roosevelt High School
This is a reminiscence and reflection on Seattle's Roosevelt High School by 1934 graduate Dorothea Nordstrand...
Daddy’s Way with Words
One wonderful Friday, when I was 13, he decided the time had come...
The Pfisters: Founders of my Seattle family
All their lives, they cared for each other. Through good times and bad, their affection was unchanging...
Midnight Swim
The water felt like silk as I slid through it... I would roll onto my back and float, gazing up into the star-studded blackness of...
The Bruise: A Seattle Reminiscence
Florence was 19 and I was 12 when it happened. It was evening, and she was dressed in her party dress and high heels, her...
7424 East Greenlake Way
Daddy wanted a place for a workbench and his tools, so he hand-dug a full basement under the house...

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