BIHM Oral History

Published in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum Listen here as former island resident Lavina Johnson describes what it was like growing up in Winslow in the 1940s and 50’s. In this 19-minute podcast excerpted from a one-hour and 30 minute interview with BIHM …

Bainbridge Island in the 1940’s and 50’s: a partnership with the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum Listen here as island resident Dick Shryock describes life growing up on Wing Point in the 1940s, the impact World War II had on his family and the area, and …

Who remembers when the first television came to Bainbridge Island? Listen here as lifelong Island resident Karen McCormic Beierle shares her memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including the 1949 earthquake that destroyed the Pleasant Beach School. Born in the late 1930s, Karen grew up in …

Bainbridge Island in the 1930’s and 40’s: A partnership with the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum Listen here as lifelong Island resident Chuck Callaham shares memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including biking, ice skating, and the early days of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department. Chuck …

Bainbridge Island in the 1930’s and 40’s: a partnership with the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum Listen here to the first of our Bainbridge Island Oral History podcasts as Pickleball inventor Barney McCallum describes summers on Bainbridge Island in the 1930s and 40s and tells the …