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Angelo "Razz" Canonica Interview, Tape 1 Side 2
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| Title | Angelo "Razz" Canonica Interview, Tape 1 Side 2 |
| Name | Canonica, Angelo "Razz" |
| Subject | Canonica, Angelo
Fire stations
Fires
Baseball
Theaters
Prohibition
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| Description | One of the colorful local ball players of Everett's "Industrial League" during the 1920s and 1930s, "Razz" Canonica was long remembered for his antics on the field and his prowess as a "hook-slider." |
| Notes | 1-10 m: Working for the Fire Department; hazards of solid firs & wood block streets; mill fires 3 or 4 nights a week; chimney fires (23 in one night); 10-15 m: Bayview Hotel fire; Mayfair Apartments fire; Eclipse mill fire; Weyerhaeuser fire drills; fires on 14th Street Dock; old plank bridge; driving on solid tires with 2-wheel brakes on Creosoted wooden blocks; lung motors and blue babies; milk fund ball games; 15-20 m: Rose Theatre Vaudeville; clog-dancing; Jim Murphy's banjo playing; Moore Theatre in Seattle; Al Jolson and Fatty Arbuckle; 20-30 m: Prohibition days; "Bicycle John" Refnus & Officer Ryan; Tolerance policy and the T.E. Headless administration; "Punk" Haley; brush fires; injuries to firemen; depression days; wage cuts; charity work; close calls for firemen. |
| Interviewer | David Dilgard and Margaret Riddle |
| Date | 1975-02-13 |
| Size | 14.2 MB |
| Length | 31 minutes, 4 seconds |
| Birthdate | 1892-11-04 |
| Death Date | 1984-06-01 |
| Place of Birth | Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
| Place of Death | Marysville, Washington |
| Type | MP3 |
| Language | en |
| Repository | Everett Public Library |
| Rights | Everett Public Library |
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