Etta McKenna
Homeland Memories
| Interviewee | Etta E. McKenna : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology |
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| Personal Statement / Transcription: | Etta McKenna Personal Statement McKenna wrote, “Retired chemist, married, one son. Live in south loop. I volunteer at the Field Museum; member of Philippine co-curation team.”
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![Photo of Etta McKenna, 1977.
Taken in Jan 1978 in the parking lot of 1926 W Harrison. First snow in Chicago winter ‘78,
Taken by “my friend, Agnes Clement, while cleaning her car.”
Pictured: “myself cleaning the car” [One woman in cleaning snow off a car]
Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with McKenna: “This reminds me of my first snow in Chicago. I was wearing a parka bought from Woolworth’s on sale. It was a thin parka so one of the first experiences in the cold. Not since I came to Chicago had I felt how cold is ‘cold’! Cleaning my friend’s car, a Chevy Monza.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0](https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1614/795/McKennaE003PS2.JPG "Photo of Etta McKenna, 1977.
Taken in Jan 1978 in the parking lot of 1926 W Harrison. First snow in Chicago winter ‘78,
Taken by “my friend, Agnes Clement, while cleaning her car.”
Pictured: “myself cleaning the car” [One woman in cleaning snow off a car]
Notes from Sarah Carlson, in discussion with McKenna: “This reminds me of my first snow in Chicago. I was wearing a parka bought from Woolworth’s on sale. It was a thin parka so one of the first experiences in the cold. Not since I came to Chicago had I felt how cold is ‘cold’! Cleaning my friend’s car, a Chevy Monza.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this story do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0")
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