Interview with James Caldwell
In this interview, James Caldwell describes his life as a hobo in the early 1900s. He explains that he never attended school; he worked for circuses, carnivals and minstrel shows. He was married from 1920 to 1973 and eventually moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He describes traveling throughout the coun...
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| Online Access: | http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54294 |
| Summary: | In this interview, James Caldwell describes his life as a hobo in the early 1900s. He explains that he never attended school; he worked for circuses, carnivals and minstrel shows. He was married from 1920 to 1973 and eventually moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He describes traveling throughout the country with Barnum and Bailey circus. He recounts various cities he visited and says race relations were basically the same in different regions of the country.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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