Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2006.019.028

Title

The Krugs : Howard and Bruce

Object Name

Recording, Video

Dates of Creation

Febrary 25, 1994

Creator

Bruce County Historical Society

Other Creators

McGillivray, Marion
Krug, Bruce Arthur
Krug, Howard Henry

Description

This videocassette container is labelled "Krugs - Master, Feb. 25/94, 1-1/2".

The videocassette shows Howard and Bruce Krug being interviewed in their Chesley home, seated on a sofa.

00 01 Title, "The Krugs, Howard and Bruce".
00 11 Interviewer Marion McGillivray, "representing the Bruce County Historical Society. This interview is being produced by the Society in the home of Bruce and Howard Krug in Chesley ..."
01 12 Bruce remembers his early years; arrival of the Krugs.
02 12 Closeup of Bruce Krug.
02 44 Closeup of Howard Krug.
03 30 Howard speaks of logging. Hardwoods.
05 00 Howard speaks of the Krug's importing lumber.
Following. The two converse about the furniture industry, interesting people they have met, woodlots.
1 16 30 The Krug factory; talk of converting the factory into a working museum; lack of financing.
1 18 42 No old machinery left in the building now. "All we have is memories".
1 21 20 Employees were brought to town, some were baseball players, or musical band members.
1 22 50 Employee preached from the top of the water tank.
1 24 00 At peak, 125 employees.
1 25 00 Chair factory.
1 27 19 "We are running out of material".
1 27 45 Howard's career as a bird bander, over 100,000 birds. Brought back the bluebirds with bird boxes.
1 30 16 Interviewer thanks the two.
1 30 32 Fadout.

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

1 videotape (1 hr., 30 min., 36 sec.) : sound, colour ; 13 mm (VHS)
[Videocassette was digitized in March 2018:
1 video recording ; mov (56.82 GB)
1 video recording ; mp4 (2.1 GB)]

Places

Chesley
Bruce County

People

Krug family
Krug, Bruce A.
Krug, Howard Henry

Search Terms & Subjects

Bird banding
Furniture factories
Furniture industry
Lumber industry