Beaver County photographers and videographers SEE ALSO: Burd Video and Photography RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver County (LLBC) is curated by The Social Voice Project. It is a publicly and privately sourced audio/visual archive of voices and stories related to Beaver County, Pennsylvania and surrounding region. Disclaimer: LLBC is …
Teresa (Del Gaudio) Botte & Sam Botte make braided bread at their home at 442 2nd Ave, Koppel, Pa. Circa 1980 or older. Film by grandson John S. Massa. This rare film from Beaver County history has been inducted into the Beaver County Food Heritage Project and the Listening Library of Beaver County. RETURN TO …
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George Tita of Koppel, PA was drafted soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor and, along with his childhood friend, Pete, served with the 691st Tank Destroyer outfit. After a stint in Bowie, TX, the outfit moved to Louisiana to finish their training. In March of 1944, the cadre shipped out to England, and though …
Rare color home movie from the Scopellite family, Ellwood City/Koppel, Pa area. Circa mid-1940s. Tape #1 of 3. There is no sound. Although color movie film had been available to the public for amateur home use since the mid 1930s, its use still would have been relatively rare through the 1940s. It is most likely that …
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George Tita of Darlington, Pennsylvania fought in WW II with the Army’s 691st Tank Destroyers. This interview was recorded as part of TSVP’s Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative, in partnership with the Carnegie Fee Library, Beaver Falls, PA, June 26, 2013. Interviewer: Kevin Farkas. Audio editing: Anna Samuels. RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER …
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On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, George Tita shares a story originally told on June 26, 2013 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas.