[Verne Castella]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Reference Code
- S37 / 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Reference Code
- S37 / 4
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Content Details
- Source: Vern Castella Interviewed by: Catherine Whyte Speed: 3 ¾ Remarks: Vern Castella being interviewed by Catharine Whyte about his life at sea (excellent descriptions) Castella sings: “Blow The Man Down” / “Good-bye Fare Ye Well” / “Some times standing at the wheel for 6 hours” / “I had to put tobacco juice in my eyes to keep them open”. Vern Castella talks about chores aboard ship. German, English, Swedish, Danish ships. Swimming with a walrus. Went around the horn in 1903. 7th of May, 1911 – 7 o’clock in the morning arrived in Calgary. (see also s1 / 25) History of life in Alberta. Visited Banff in 1917 for the first time. On pack trips with Jimmy Simpson, Belmore Browne, Carl Rungius. Life in the mountains, horse wrangling. Cabins.
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