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Oral history interview with Edward T. Brounstein [Session 01, Recording 02]
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- 1982-05-25 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:24:44
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Edward Tretiak Brounstein was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. In 1928, he and Belle Tinkleman were married; they later had one child. He worked as a patternmaker and clothing designer for J. Brounstein and Sons, his family's wool business, and later for White Stag and the Columbia Garment Company in Portland, and at the Del Mode Company in Seattle, Washington. After his retirement in 1971, he taught patternmaking at Bassist College, now the Portland Art Institute. He died in 1991.
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Tape 1, Side 2. In the first interview session, conducted on May 25, 1982, Brounstein discusses his family background and early life in Portland, Oregon. He talks about his family's wool trade company, J. Brounstein and Sons, and also describes some of his father's wagoneering experiences. He discusses his Jewish heritage and his family's observation of Judaism. He then talks about his career as a patternmaker and clothing designer, including his experiences at White Stag and the Columbia Garment Company in Portland and at the Del Mode Company in Seattle, Washington. He discusses the changes in women's fashion over the 20th century, and talks about sizing of women's clothing.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- English
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- Dodds, Linda S. (Contributor)