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Lea Glick: I'm Lea Glick. I live at 3227 Joe Hammer Square. I lived here
for 35 years. We first moved and lived at 3217 and then when my sister was
born, the house was sold and we moved to 3227 Joe Hammer Square. And my
father was a printer and had a printing shop upstairs from Fisherman's
Bakery shop for a long time until he got sick. And then he worked for
Archie Lewis and in Town Printing Company in town. Frances Redman: Where
was Fisherman's Bakery shop? Glick: Huh? Redman: Where was Fisherman's
Bakery? Glick: Fifth Avenue. Redman: What block was the next?Glick: Next to
the Mayflower Bakery. Upstairs from the Mayflower Bakery. Redman: How long
ago was that? Glick: A long time ago. I don't know the date. Redman: Okay.
What nationality are you? Glick: Jewish. Redman: Is your entire family
Jewish? Glick: Yes.
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Redman: How about your mother? Let's start with her. Can you give me your
mother's [???], please?
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Glick: My mother lived in McKeesport, and when she got engaged, got
married. She came here to live in Logan and Caldwell at the inn. I was born
in the posh apartments in Fifth Avenue.
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Redman: What was your mother's name?
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Glick: Anna Glick. Anna Friedland. That was a maiden name. Yeah.
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Redman: You say she came from McKeesport?
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Glick: Yeah, she lived in McKeesport.
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Redman: Was she born in McKeesport?
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Glick: No, she was born in Russia. I think.
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Redman: Where about?
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Glick: I forget where.
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Redman: Do you know how she came to the United States?
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Glick: No, I don't. She lived in Market Street and in McKeesport. And they
also had they also had the. Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, and Lake Erie. They
had a little store in the lake in the. In the station. It's not there
anymore. But they had a store and they sold stuff.
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Redman: In the store.
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Glick: My my grandmother and grandfather and mother and aunt worked in the
store.
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Redman: Okay, um, how about your father?
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Glick: He was a printer. He came from Kiev, Russia. What's his name?
Samuel Glick.
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Redman: He came from where?
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Glick: Russia. Kiev. Russia.
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Redman: Do you know what date that was?
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Glick: No, I don't.
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Redman: Did he, um. Is that the printer shop that your sister runs now?
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Glick: My sister doesn't run a printing shop. She run. She takes care of
the gift shop in Hillel Academy. Oh.
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Redman: Okay. What language do you speak?
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Glick: English. And a little bit Hebrew.
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Redman: A little bit?
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Glick: Yeah. And I understand some Jewish. I know a Jewish prayer that I
say every morning in Hebrew.
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Redman: Could you repeat that for us?
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Glick: The prayer book at all? An oil numerical on Torah. Cheap along with
motion. Motion. Machilus. Ciocca Schmeiser, Illinois and Haino. Northcote
Isolation. And that's your medical and me.
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Redman: Can you give it to us in English?
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Glick: I don't know what it means.
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Redman: Um. You say your parents, um, started with McKeesport. Um, could
you tell me about what time did they move to the Pittsburgh area?
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Glick: I don't know. When.
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Redman: When did you come to Oakland?
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Glick: When I was a little girl. We lived at 3217, Joe Hammer Square, and
then we moved up here. Um, my sister graduated from Schenley High School.
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Redman: What school did you attend?
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Glick: Um, school.
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Redman: Are there any other friends or neighbors and family members in the
neighborhood at the present time? No.
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Glick: I have one aunt that used to be used to own free lands in South
Side. She lives in a district department and she's the only aunt I have
left.
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Redman: What does your sister live?
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Glick: 3242 Beachwood Boulevard.
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Redman: She once lived in this neighborhood, too.
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Glick: Yes.
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Redman: How long have you as a child lived in this neighborhood?
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Glick: A long time, I think. 36 years.
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Redman: Can you tell me about some of the things you remember about the
neighborhood that have changed?
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Glick: There used to be all trees in front of here, in front of each
house, and they they were real nice. And my mother used to go on Sundays
with me to Flagstaff Hill to the concerts they used to have.
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Redman: What about the changes in the streets and the new buildings?
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Glick: We used to be down in the corner across from the Saint Anne's
church. You used to be the Pioneer Hospital was there and it used to be
also was the Pioneer Hospital was across the street from me and Fifth
Avenue when I lived in the apartment. But the children's hospital was down
here near Saint Hyacinth Church. Really?
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Redman: How about the neighborhood stores?
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Glick: There were two stores. Kaplan And then there was a store. A store
near Gene's. I forget the name of it was. And then Gene moved in. He was
across the street, and then he moved in here. And then there was a butcher
shop on the corner called Standard on the corner where we used to have our
bingos. And yeah, the building on the corner where they used to be
community, Community, Human Services Tavern. But before that it was a
butcher shop and they, and they chicken store and a fish store.
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Redman: Mr. Standard Do you know where Mr. Standard is now?
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Glick: He lives in Darlington Road in not Darlington Road. He lives in in
Bartlett Street in Squirrel Hill.
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Redman: It could. What is your opinion? Of what? New shops or stores that
you've noticed? Huh? Your opinions of any new shops or stores in the
neighborhood.
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Glick: I like that new store. Excuse me. I like that new store. Red
Shield.
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Redman: However, what particular store do you shop at? Here in the
neighborhood. The corner. James Kennett Square. Mhm. Um. It's not because
it's convenient for you. Yeah.
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Glick: N.a. with me.
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Redman: Uh huh. Repeat it.
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Glick: Repeat it. My grandfather lived in Logan and Caldwell Street, and
he had the Jewish folks by the paper. And from New York, they published it
in in note tape microfilm. And it's in Hillman's library. Really? Mm hm.
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Redman: You say the corner. What corner? Here in the neighborhood, or.
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Glick: No, I said we. Beautiful. Oximes. Oh. Stop the break.
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Redman: What happened? The First World War.
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Glick: We used to ration sugar and we had the books that we went and got
sugar and stuff.
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Redman: You did? Who did? Your mother and father. Yeah. How many kids were
there?
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Glick: Two.
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Redman: Just the two of you and your sister.
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Glick: And I lost a brother and a sister when I was little. Before I was
born. They lived a little bit, but they died. Oh.
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Redman: Did they have an illness or what?
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Glick: I don't know.
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Redman: So then it was just you and your sister? Yeah. During World War
One. Yeah. So there really wasn't that bad. Two kids. Okay. Um. How about
family members? Were there any family members involved in the war fighting?
No.
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Glick: Just my brother in law.
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Redman: Your brother in law? You mean your sister's husband? Yeah. Your
sister was married back in World War One.
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Glick: No, He met him in the synagogue at the Tree of Life Synagogue, and
they got engaged, and then they got married here at the Tree of Life. And
he went to Tampa, Florida, and he got discharged from the Army.
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Redman: What war was this?
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Glick: Second war. Oh, okay.
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Redman: So then your brother in law was involved in the Second World War?
Yeah. Um. Did you find this one disturbed you or your sister or any? No.
No. How about when your brother in law was away? Was he married before he
finished serving his time, or was he married? Were they married.
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Glick: Afterwards? They got married and then they went on their honeymoon
and he got a discharge. Oh. I mean, he didn't get discharged. He got it.
Came out of the army.
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Redman: Came out of the army before he was married? No.
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Glick: He met her. He came here and met her, and they, uh. I forget how
long they went. And then they went to they lived in Tampa, Florida for a
while, and then they lived in Washington, D.C.. He worked in the Pentagon
and he worked for the Washington Times-Herald.
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Redman: The what's your brother's last name?
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Glick: Albert Bloom.
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Redman: How about the Depression? Do you remember much about the
Depression? Did you never notice that it was a problem? A little bit. A
little bit. How was it a problem? Don't go away. Won't pick up if you go
away. How, uh. How did you notice it was a problem? Food. Hard to get her.
Yeah. Yeah. Did your mother have to work?
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Glick: No.
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Redman: Your mother never worked.
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Glick: No.
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Redman: Just your father. Yeah. Okay. You say you attend the synagogue,
right? Mhm. Could you tell me something about that? What about the
synagogue? What? What's the difference?
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Glick: They used to have the sisterhood, and I belong to it. But then it
went out of business. It went out. And I go. They have services here for
Friday night and Saturday, and they have the high holidays, Yoshitsune and
Kippur. They have holidays here. The day of Atonement. Which synagogue do
you think it was? Selig. Was it located? On, uh, on, um. Uh, um. Across
from the playground here. Yeah.
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Redman: Oh, on, um.
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Glick: Ophelia Craft and Ophelia.
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Redman: I see. So then you you're you're. You're going right here in the
neighborhood. You don't travel out in the. What is your family? Attend?
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Glick: Young people Synagogue and in Hebrew Institute.
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Redman: That's a school here. Yeah. Okay. Um, just, um. Are there any
special, any other special things about your ethnic group that you like to
tell me that's special to you?
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Glick: I like the center. I go there and I get books. I'm getting a
cataract in the left eye and I get books from the center. Okay.
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Redman: Well, do you like both me and services?
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Glick: The trips.
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Redman: Do you find Do you find you have a lot of friends in the
neighborhood? Yes. Or most of these friends, people you've met in community
services or.
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Glick: No.
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Redman: You knew them before? Yeah. Is there anything else about community
service that you find favorable?
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Glick: The ceramic classes and the sewing classes that I attend on
Tuesdays and the ethnic fair.
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Redman: Do you participate in the ethnic fair?
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Glick: Yeah. Last year I did. I worked in the ceramic booth. I don't want
my sister on it.
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Redman: Okay. Um, how far would you say the neighborhood extends?
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Glick: Uh, from here to in the shape of apartment.
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Redman: That's the immediate neighborhood.
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Glick: Yeah.
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Redman: And you wouldn't go beyond the boulevard?
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Glick: Yeah. It belonged to the heritage of sisterhood on Ward Street.
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Redman: On Ward Street. How often do you go over there?
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Glick: Once a month.
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Redman: How do you get there?
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Glick: The lady takes me. We walk. Oh.
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Redman: You do? Is it at night? Yeah. You mean you walk with a friend from
the side? Yeah. About your friends. Could you tell me something about your
special friends? How long they lived here or how long you've been friends
with them.
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Glick: I've been friends with Jean Graham for about four years, and I'm
very friendly with Peggy and Madeline McGregor.
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Redman: What about people who've lived here for any length of time that
you knew from your childhood up?
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Glick: I know Mrs. Scheffler used to live in 32 and 19, and Edgar and I
went to school together, went to not to school. We went to a. Doctor in
town. And he lives on Kennett Square.
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Redman: What's his name?
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Glick: Edgar Scheffler.
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Redman: Is there anyone else special to you from your childhood days?
Would you say all the people from, say, your girlhood days? They all know.
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Glick: The good better?
Redman: Or are they died or just moved on?
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Glick: And my aunt lived here and I went to wake her one day in August,
and I called her and called her. And I went to sleep and I heard a noise
and it was a death rattle. And I woke up and I tried to wake her and wake
her. And she was dead. She lived in this house? Yes.
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Redman: What did you think about the people who moved away.
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From the neighborhood? I liked them.
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Redman: Was there anyone in particular you missed.
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Glick: Mrs. Cain and Mr. Cain? He was real estate from Cain. Real estate.
He lived here, and he had a son and two daughters. And the daughters who go
charge to BRC. They're blind. And they. They were born. They were in
incubator. They were born. They were in an incubator, and they were blind.
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Redman: They were born blind? Yeah. How are they going to know?
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Glick: I don't know. They were young girls.
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Redman: Well, they're twins.
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Glick: Yeah.
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Redman: Have you ever worked live? Yeah. You did. What did you do?
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Glick: I worked in Magee Hospital. I was an X-ray helper to a technician,
and I worked in nine 3150 Penn Avenue United Vocational Employment
Service.
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Redman: Who did you what what is your opinion of working?
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Glick: It's good.
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Redman: Did you enjoy being employed? Mhm. Did you live in this
neighborhood? Yeah.
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Glick: What did I do with the rest of my mind?
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Redman: Where did you enjoy? Well, how about how about transportation
here, huh? How about transportation in this neighborhood? Do you have an
opinion on it?
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Glick: I like cars.
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Redman: There's three cars. Uh huh. You mean the older street cars? Yeah.
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Glick: The rails where the car barn used to be. At the corner where the
parking lot is now. Yeah.
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Redman: Why were they using that? Yeah. Do you feel it? There was better
transportation at that time. Yeah. What about this one?
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Glick: We don't like it. We don't like it. Why not? Cause you have to walk
the hill.
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Redman: Um. How about this-- the Pitt expansion? Have you noticed how Pitt
seems to be taking up most of them? What do you think about that?
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Glick: I don't know.
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Redman: Are you concerned at all that maybe you are from the move from the
neighborhood? Maybe there won't be any more neighborhood. Maybe. What do
you mean, maybe? You decided not to let it worry you, huh? Huh? Do you like
having Pitt, the students in and out? All the Netherlands? Yeah. Then it
doesn't bother you so much. Or college students in this area. Which one of
your grandparents owned the printing shop?
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Glick: My grandfather, Joseph Zelig Glick.
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Redman: Did he come from Russia also? Yeah. Did he come at the time? Your
parents did.
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Glick: He came here before.
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Redman: Before your parents came? Yeah. He sent for his children?
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Glick: Yeah.
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Redman: How many kids?
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Glick: There were three. All big league. He was with the Reliance Life
Insurance Company. And George, he died with a mastoid. And my. My father.
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Redman: [??????], I'm confused. What happened to your grandmother?
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Glick: She lived here, too. And then she died.
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Redman: Did she come from Russia? Yeah. This was your grandmother on
your.
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Glick: On my father's side. Okay.
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Redman: Those are your father's parents that owned the frame shop. Grain
shop. Okay. How about your mother's parents?
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Glick: My mother's parents were the ones that lived in McKeesport.
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Redman: Oh, I see. They owned the. The store. Yeah. Okay. Um, did, um. Did
did her parents come here before or after she did. They were there. They
came before they lived there. They brought the children with them. Yeah. I
see. Okay. What were their names?
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Glick: Friedland. Uh huh, I see. Lebanese. Lebanese. They obliged. And
Lebanese was my mother's name. Oh. My grandmother's name, and I'm named
after my grandmother.
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Redman: I see. Uh huh. I'm just about to say that. Okay. Thank you, Leah.
