Greta Jensen Petersen Oral History Interview 1982.

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Greta Jensen Petersen Oral History Interview 1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183326773

This interview was conducted with Greta Petersen on October 25, 1982 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family, church and community involvement, and Danish heritage. The interview also includes photographs of Greta's family farm in Denmark, the 73rd St. Dairy Delicatessen, Greta on her 80th birthday, and Greta at the time of the interview. The interview was codnucted in English.

2 sound cassettes.

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