Category: Work

Robbie Cronig (R) who grew up working in his family's market, remembers selling it to his friend Steve Bernier (L).

Recorded in Martha's Vineyard, MA.

Dorothy Hayes tells her son, Keys, about being an airline stewardess in the 1940s.

Recorded in Jackson, MS.

Judge Joe Pigott tells his wife, Lorraine, about Willie Earl "Pip" Dow, a man he sentenced many times.

Recorded in Jackson, MS.

Retired police officer Walter Fahey tells his son Bill about his long career.

Recorded in Boston, MA.

Lendall Hill tells his daughter, Lori FitzGerald, about his father's artificial leg.

Recorded in Charleston, WV.

Joyce Butler remembers her mother, who worked in a shipyard during World War II, in an interview with her daughter, Stephanie.

Recorded in Portland, ME.

Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.

Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.

Ken Kobus tells his friend Ron Barraf about his father, John Kobus, who worked at a steel mill for nearly 40 years.

Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.

New Orleans Pump Station workers Rufus Burkhalter and Bobby Brown remember the night Hurricane Katrina hit.

Recorded in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.

91-year-old Henry Belcher tells his friend Major A. Mason III about tap dancing in the 1930s.

Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.