Wingate, S. Bruce (Samuel Bruce), 1910-1991

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-10-23

1 audio file (23:49) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (14 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

S. Bruce Wingate was a 69-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910. He graduated from high school and was employed with Champion-Saks (later Sealtest and Kraft Foods) in the sale and delivery of ice cream.

S. Bruce Wingate discusses his working experience in the dairy industry, focusing on the sale and delivery of ice cream in Charlotte and other cities and towns in North Carolina before refrigeration was commonplace. He describes making ice cream, how it was delivered, and how various weather conditions affected ice cream delivery. Other topics include his first job as a dairy farmer and the drug stores where his ice cream was sold.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Traveling sales personnel
Truck drivers
Middle managers

Wingate, S. Bruce (Samuel Bruce), 1910-1991

Kraft Foods Company

Ice cream industry
Dairy farms
Delivery of goods

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Dilworth
North Carolina--Charlotte--Steele Creek

Interviews
Oral histories

1920-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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