Evelyn B. and Peter Thornton interview
- Date
1985-10-24/1985-10-26
- Main contributor
Schwartz, Jon
- Summary
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Evelyn and Peter Thornton talk about living north of the bayou, and moving due to all the apartment homes that were built in that area. They characterize their current area south of the bayou as friendly, and talk about the reaction to the Jack Caesar bombing. Peter Thornton compares the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago to Riverside, south of MacGregor.
- Contributors
Thornton, Evelyn B.; Thornton, Peter
- Genre
interviews
- Subjects
Urbanization; Jack Caesar Bombing, 1953
- Locations
Riverside, Houston; Houston, Texas
- Collection
This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale
- Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
- Language
English
- Terms of Use
["In Copyright"]
- Physical Description
00:19:49
- Notes
Digitization and access for this item is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2018).
This interview was used in the creation of Jon Schwartz’s documentary film “This Is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale.”
Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
This Is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale Film Collection
- Other Identifiers
Digital Object: https://id.lib.uh.edu/ark:/84475/do7474cq543; Other: ID 2010-020, AV Shelving; ArchivesSpace URI: https://findingaids.lib.uh.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/35200; Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm82257g33x
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.