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Victor Samuels:\nWhat?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=259.41,260.63"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In the house, did the house have a living room?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=260.63,262.45"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, you know, kinda describe","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=262.45,262.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nOh, it had all of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=262.9,264.0"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Did it have, uh, servant quarters, things like\nthat?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=264.0,264.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nIt had a dining room and living Room and all downstairs, and bedrooms\nand baths upstairs.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=266.16,271.68"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As I recall, only one bath as we were.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=272.13,273.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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My parents, my father bought a home out on Stuart Avenue and\nMilam Streets.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=287.55,295.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In those days neither of those two streets was paved, and, uh,\nfrequently, after a reasonable","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=296.91,306.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"amount of rain, the Ice Man with his mule truck would, would bog 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What was the name of the Parks Brothers Orchestra.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1390.8,1396.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/297","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it was, uh, the park for Sylvan Beach at those days was owned and\noperated by a family, by the name of Eiseman.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1397.59,1406.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/298","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They were, Elgin was a, tin, like,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1406.74,1414.24"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/299","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"made guttering and that sort of product.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1416.46,1419.28"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/300","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ed Eiseman was his name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1420.36,1422.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/301","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And they owned or controlled at, that Sylvan Beach Park.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1423.0,1430.83"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/302","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And the Parks Brothers Orchestra was the one that I remember best,\nto it, to-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=1431.73,1439.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/303","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nHow?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2568.93,2570.18"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/580","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When did trucking come into, into Magnolia?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2570.18,2572.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/581","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When did you start using trucks as opposed to, uh, wagons and, and\nmules?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2572.53,2576.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/582","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nI'm guessing, but I would say about 1916 and '17.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2578.17,2583.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/583","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When we moved into that new building, I think that was, first truck\nthat we had, and I drove it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2583.43,2588.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/584","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. Victor Samuels:\nWhat were the, what were the roads like then?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2588.73,2590.14"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/585","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nOh, boy. We didn't get out on them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2590.65,2594.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/586","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Had no reason to get out on anything beyond Houston proper, you see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2594.76,2599.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/587","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They had no outlying customers of any consequence, unless it was\nGalveston, or Bryan or-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2601.45,2609.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/588","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nAnd when you were serviced by S.P.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2684.76,2686.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/611","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in that building, where Moore is today?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2686.05,2688.0"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/612","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nNo, that was Katy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2688.1,2689.44"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/613","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nCommunity, or do you remember what kind's of people, the, I know,\ntoday it's predominantly Black.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2751.08,2755.07"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/635","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Was it-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2755.07,2755.24"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/636","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nWell, it wasn't predominantly Black in those days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2755.51,2758.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/637","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And when I went to high school, I used to go to, uh, I was courting a\ngirl out on the, in the Fifth Ward.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2759.35,2767.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/638","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So, and she was of the upper class, for the most part, the girl that\nI was always","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2767.9,2777.44"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/639","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"expected to be her escort at dances, and so forth.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2777.44,2781.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/640","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It was, they didn't, she didn't have to ask, and I didn't have to\nask, who I was going to take, I mean she was, she didn't say who she\nwas going with, they knew.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2781.16,2790.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/641","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that was the way it was in those days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2790.27,2792.82"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/642","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You, it was just a foregone conclusion.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2792.82,2795.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/643","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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I was in, in 1915 when that storm hit, I was in Colorado.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2821.48,2829.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/649","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I had an uncle and aunt who lived in Greeley, Colorado, which, where\nmy wife, it's fifty miles north of where my wife was born in Denver.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2830.03,2839.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/650","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So I didn't know much about that storm until I got back home, after\nthe, I knew that they'd had the storm, but I didn't know much beyond\nthat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2840.59,2850.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/651","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And of course, it was very destructive.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2851.48,2854.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/652","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2854.03,2854.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/653","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nHow long did it rain?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2891.92,2892.82"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/662","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nOh, I wouldn't know, remember that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2894.71,2896.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/663","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I don't remember that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2896.54,2897.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/664","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nHow did it start? Do you know how it started?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=2944.2,2945.86"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/677","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Not really. 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Victor Samuels:\nWell you're, tell me a little bit about the month, or week prior to\nit's going into effect.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3219.44,3224.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/746","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What was that like?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3224.15,3224.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/747","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nNo, I wouldn't try to, uh, I wouldn't try to do that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3224.8,3228.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/748","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, uh, there were ways of getting liquor if you really wanted it\nbadly enough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3229.16,3238.46"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/749","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. 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Victor Samuels:\nSo I, I appreciate it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3598.99,3600.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/848","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I enjoyed the, the conversation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3600.31,3602.56"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/849","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nWell,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3602.92,3603.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/850","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. Victor Samuels:\nI hope you did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3603.2,3603.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/851","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\nI hope that some of the things that I have related are, are unique and\ninformative.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3603.79,3609.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/852","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3611.48,3611.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/853","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. Victor Samuels:\nThank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3614.65,3615.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/854","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph Schnitzer Sr.:\ngo down into the records, perhaps.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3615.07,3617.08"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128/transcript/60870/annotation/855","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"J. Victor Samuels:\nThanks.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2467/collection_resources/109646/file/211128#t=3617.74,3618.07"}]}]}]}