Bud Postema interview, 1989 June 20 (tape 2 side A)

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DescriptionTopics include his parents; homesteading in the Manhattan area; his early life and education; his family's grocery business; the 1930s Depression; the CCC; the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company (YPTC); his experiences and recollections as a tour-bus driver; Yellowstone National Park visitors; his relationships with other drivers and with various YPTC employees; and his retirement.TypeSoundIntervieweePostema, Bud, 1911-1998.InterviewerTerreo, John.Genresound recordingsLanguageengDate1989SubjectBus drivers--Yellowstone National Park--Interviews.Depressions--1929--Montana--Manhattan--Personal narratives.Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Manhattan.Grocery trade--Montana--Manhattan.New Deal, 1933-1939--Montana--Personal narratives.Public works--Montana.Tour bus lines--Yellowstone National Park.Contributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Research CenterGeographic CoverageMontanaDigital CollectionVoices of Labor Digital Formataudio/mp3Date Digitized2019-11Physical CollectionNew Deal in Montana/Fort Peck Dam Oral History Project.Local IdentifierOH 1169Contact UsFor questions about our oral histories, email us at mhsarchives@mt.gov Finding Aidhttps://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv68759

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