George Brun Sandback Oral History Interview 1982.

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George Brun Sandback Oral History Interview 1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183321082

This interview was conducted with George Sandback on March 25, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington. It provides information on family background, emigration, work, marriage, and Norwegian heritage. The interview also contains an announcement of George's 85th birthday from the Western Viking (1983) and photographs of George fishing, George as a foreman on a pile driver, George with his brother Teodor and parents, and George at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

1 sound cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6945019

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