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A: Yes. Anything like that you had to bring your own.
G: You had an oven?

A: Oh, yes. The stove had an oven, I think it was down below.

G: Do you recall any optional amenities when you moved in? Things that you could
 pay extra for?

A: No. I don't think we even had a telephone, I'm not sure.

G: Did you have any other appliances, besides the icebox? A washing machine,
 waffle iron, coffee percolator, electric fan?

A: Percolator, yes. We always had a coffee maker.

G: What about a fan?

A: Fan? I think there was a window fan. I have asthma, and the summers were
 very bad for me. The fans did cool the air a little.

G: Did the windows have screens on them?

A: They must have. They'd have to.

G: Was there anything that you did to your home to make it more livable? Anything
 to personalize it?

A: Nope, outside of the fridge.

G: Were you allowed to hang things on the wall or paint?

A: We left our furniture in our house and rented it furnished. At that time, we didn't
 have a lot of things. We had gotten married in [1944] and came to Florida in
 1946.

G: Were there any pictures on the wall or any kind of window treatments?

A: Not that I remember, no.

G: What were the issues with sound within the unit, like being able to hear your
 neighbors?

A: It wasn't bad, although our daughter had a tricycle, and the people downstairs
 asked us not to let her ride it up there. It thumped. Outside that, no. We may