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Cavallini, William "Bill", 1904-2005

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1904 - 2005

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Rum Running/ Bootlegging Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF009
Scope and Contents William Cavallini, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, May 16, 1997, in Harwich, Massachusetts. Cavallini discusses his experiences rum-running on the coast of Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia during Prohibition; operating the radio on rum-running boats beginning 1930; packaging of liquor; unloading at night; locations where liquor was unloaded; recollections of Meteghan, Nova Scotia; boat specifications; pay; killing of rumrunners; pastimes when not running rum; names of...
Dates: May 16, 1997

William Cavallini, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Identifier: na2487
Scope and Contents From the Collection: William Cavallini, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, May 16, 1997, in Harwich, Massachusetts. Cavallini discusses his experiences rum-running on the coast of Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia during Prohibition; operating the radio on rum-running boats beginning 1930; packaging of liquor; unloading at night; locations where liquor was unloaded; recollections of Meteghan, Nova Scotia; boat specifications; pay; killing of rumrunners; pastimes when not running rum; names of...
Dates: May 16, 1997

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Canada -- History 1
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New England -- History 1
Oral histories 1
Prohibition -- Maine 1