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The couple also had a son, Jerard, Harriet’s brother. Harriet went to Charles Ellis Elementary School, and attended college at Georgia State University, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Education. Harriet married Eric Meyerhoff on September 9, 1973 at the B’nai B’rith Jacob Synagogue in Savannah. Together they raised two children, Mark and Margot. After college, and while her children were in school, Harriet worked as a schoolteacher in Savannah. Later, inspired by Eric’s work in historic architecture, she left teaching and became a licensed tour guide, starting her company, Personalized Tours of Savannah. Harriet led individual and group tours of her hometown until 2019, when her husband’s health began to decline. Eric passed away in May 2020.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eHarriet Meyerhoff relays her family history, and contributions from her brother, Jerald Cranman. She describes the emigration of her paternal grandparents, Dora and Jacob Cranman, from Russia to Montreal and Utica, NY to Savannah, as well as her father’s recollections of life in Savannah in the early 20th century. She recounts how her parents met at Tybee Island in the 1930’s and describes family life for Jewish families on the beach in the mid-1900’s, detailing the social and racial nuances in the relationships between families like hers and their black nurses. Harriet remembers her father’s businesses, Cranman's Pawn Shop and Cranman's Sporting Goods and his involvement with the community. She describes the businesses of West Broad Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and recalls West Broad’s Sweet Daddy Grace parade and the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/28326"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Savannah, Ga (geographic term)","pawn shops (topical term)","Cranman's Sporting Goods (corporate name)","Jewish businessmen (topical term)","Meyerhoff, Harriet (personal name)","Cranman, Ed (personal name)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eHarriet Meyerhoff interviewed by Eric Meyerhoff on August 18, 2003 in Savannah, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarriet Cranman was born June 23, 1946 in Savannah, Georgia to Edward and Zelda Yadley Cranman. The couple also had a son, Jerard, Harriet’s brother. Harriet went to Charles Ellis Elementary School, and attended college at Georgia State University, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Education. Harriet married Eric Meyerhoff on September 9, 1973 at the B’nai B’rith Jacob Synagogue in Savannah. Together they raised two children, Mark and Margot. After college, and while her children were in school, Harriet worked as a schoolteacher in Savannah. Later, inspired by Eric’s work in historic architecture, she left teaching and became a licensed tour guide, starting her company, Personalized Tours of Savannah. Harriet led individual and group tours of her hometown until 2019, when her husband’s health began to decline. Eric passed away in May 2020.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarriet Meyerhoff relays her family history, and contributions from her brother, Jerald Cranman. She describes the emigration of her paternal grandparents, Dora and Jacob Cranman, from Russia to Montreal and Utica, NY to Savannah, as well as her father’s recollections of life in Savannah in the early 20th century. She recounts how her parents met at Tybee Island in the 1930’s and describes family life for Jewish families on the beach in the mid-1900’s, detailing the social and racial nuances in the relationships between families like hers and their black nurses. Harriet remembers her father’s businesses, Cranman's Pawn Shop and Cranman's Sporting Goods and his involvement with the community. She describes the businesses of West Broad Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and recalls West Broad’s Sweet Daddy Grace parade and the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/885/small/JAPH_5809.jpeg?1619286167","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - Meyerhoff_Harriet.mp3"]},"duration":1226.78857,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/885/small/JAPH_5809.jpeg?1619286167","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-thebreman.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/097/885/original/Meyerhoff_Harriet.mp3?1610615218","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mp3","duration":1226.78857,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Harriet Meyerhoff [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"E. MEYERHOFF: Today is August 18, 2003. I'm Eric Meyerhoff, interviewing my\nwife, Harriet, at our home at 521 East York Street. Harriet, why don't you tell\nus about your family?\n\nH. MEYERHOFF: I'm going to talk about my father and mother, Edward and Zelda\nCranman, in conjunction with my brother who has also given me lots of input. Our\npaternal ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=0.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"grandparents, Dora and Jacob Cranman--originally the name was\n\"Cramaya\"--came from Russia to Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] and later immigrating\nto Utica, New York. My brother and I were told that Grandpa Jacob established a\nmattress and bedding company and decided to move South to Savannah for the\ncotton availability around 1900. Unfortunately, because ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of poor cotton growth at\nthat particular time, the business failed. Here he opened a neighborhood\nconfectionary store on Greene Square, under the home in which the family lived.\nGreene Square was laid out in 1799 and today still houses some of the oldest\nhomes from the late ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"1700s and early 1800s. Greene and Washington Square are\nlocated in what has always been called the Old Fort Section because of nearby\nFort Wayne from the Revolutionary War. Both squares housed many Jewish, Irish\nand black families. Our father, Edward, often told stories of those days: how\nthe boys would fight ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=90.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"each other and name-call, mothers would break up the\nfights, and then the next day everybody was friends again. Many families owned\nanimals and kept them in the yards, in the yard behind their house. Dora and\nJacob owned chickens, a cow, and a goat. Dad said the family was too poor for\nthe children to own bikes, so he and his brothers found a ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"wooden crate box,\nattached wheels, climbed in, and let the Billy goat pull them. Also, swimming in\nthe Savannah River was the popular pastime. Dora and Jacob had eight children:\nJoe, Annie, Philip, Leona, Jennie, Edward, Harry, and Arthur. Joe and Jennie\nboth died as young adults. Annie and Leona married ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and remained in Savannah.\nHarry married and moved to Miami, initially starting a beauty and barber supply\nbusiness. Arthur, the youngest, was a good athlete, playing college football and\ntennis. He moved to Orlando, Florida after retiring from the military as Colonel\nand married there. Arthur still lives there today and is the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"only surviving\nsibling. Neither Philip nor Edward ever completed high school, but both became\nsuccessful businessmen in Savannah. Philip founded Cranman's Insurance Company\nwhich is still in business and run by the third generation Cranman. Edward\nbecame a merchant of which we'll elaborate on later in this ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"interview. Mom and\nDad met at the Tybee Beach Pavilion. She was Zelda Yadley, originally Yadkowsky,\nfrom Newark, New Jersey, and was visiting here for the summer. In those days,\nTybee [Island] was the popular summer resort and Big Bands played at the old\npavilion. It was supposedly a great place for singles to meet and dance in the\nsummer months. Our parents later married ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=240.0,270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in New York, May 14, 1933, and shortly\nmoved back to Savannah. We never heard why they moved here instead of living in\nNewark. I remember pictures of them. She in a long dress and heels and he very\nhandsome with thick black hair and a white linen suit. That was typical of how\npeople dressed for dances at the beach with no air ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=270.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"conditioning. There was the\nbus and train to Tybee for those who did not have a car. The old train depot\nstation was located on President Street Extension, just East of East Broad\nStreet. This building is now situated at Fort Jackson and is used as their\noffice and gift shop. Through the years, and ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"even now, many Jewish families\nlived at the beach and congregated on Sunday evenings on the, then, boardwalk\nnear the pavilion. This era, of which Jerard, my brother, and I remember, was in\nthe 1950's. With no air conditioning in homes, the summer breeze in the evening\nwas a blessing, and the boardwalk allowed for socialization of the Jewish\nfamilies. Along the boardwalk there were ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"kiddie rides, such as the\nmerry-go-round, the electric bumper cars, and Ferris wheel. The most popular\nsnack items were the salty french fries served in cone-shaped paper cups and\nrainbow-flavored snow cones. In those days, and until the 1960s, the beaches\nwere segregated. Most families in the South had a black nurse who cared for the\nkids. 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I don't know if people in the North can understand\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=390.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"this close relationship that was definitely felt with the Southern families. The\nhelp would generally arrive early morning at Tybee, by bus, cook and care for\nthe children, then either return to their homes after dinner in the evening by\nbus, or some actually lived in with the family. Many mothers played bridge,\ncanasta, or mahjongg ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in the afternoons and a lot of the merchants closed their\nbusinesses on Wednesday, enjoying their families at the beach. The beach\ncottages all had big screened porches with sleeping cots. Some nights were just\ntoo hot in the house, so it was very common for a family member to end up\nsleeping on the porch. The old Tybee Theater was also popular. While it ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=450.0,480.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"has been\nclosed for many years, the Tybee Historical Society is now in the process of\nhaving it restored. The bingo hall was north of the merry-go-round and bingo\ncards were covered with dried lima beans. When a card was cleared, the beans\nwere kept in a small chicken-wire type cup. There was also the horse racing\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=480.0,510.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"machine where money was dropped into the machine and a light would spin and land\non a horse. Jerard relates that this is where he first learned about the famous\nhorses Seabiscuit and Man o' War. The big stucco Tybee Hotel was also a landmark\nuntil it was torn down around the late 1950's. In the lobby, movies were shown\non ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=510.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"home projectors in place of going to the movie theater. Dad's business began\nin the 1940's when he worked for Jennie Sutker in her pawn shop. By the\nmid-1940's, he opened his own business, Cranman's Pawn Shop, at 345 West Broad\nStreet. Jerard is six years older than I and offers the following recollections\nof ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=540.0,570.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the business and that street, since I was too young to remember many details.\nHe said that, in those days, West Broad had trees and pretty sidewalks. Store\nwindows were covered at night with burglar bars that locked with a padlock and\nthe padlocks were really never broken. Much merchandise was pawned, traded,\nbought, and resold in the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"1940's and 1950's. Among some of the items pawned were\nvery nice jewelry, silver, clothing, tools, cars, radios, pistols, fishing gear,\nand rifles. That was much different than pawn shops today, which pawn mostly\nelectronics. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dad often brought home interesting items through those early years.\nOne that I remember was an electric vibraphone for us to play. It is similar to\na xylophone but electric. Dad was one of several Jewish pawnshop merchants. Some\nothers were: Ben Portman, Herbie Blumenthal, Philip Boblasky, and the Richman\nbrothers. Jerard ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=630.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"reminded me of the three gold ball signs above the pawn shops.\nThis was the signature of the Medici family in Florence, Italy, many, many years\nago. It signified the leasing establishment and became a logo for pawnshops in\nAmerica. West Broad was mostly Jewish merchants ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=660.0,690.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"selling to the black trade prior\nto integration. However, Dad's line of business brought in everyone, and from\nall economic levels. Jewish merchants on Dad's block alone were: Jerry Krause's\nPackage Shop, Cohen's Pharmacy, and Paderewski, the tailor. We never knew his\nname ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=690.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"other than \"Paderewski the Tailor\" because that's what he was always\ncalled. Cranman's was located one block from the Union Station, which was an\narchitectural masterpiece and [was] sadly demolished in the 1960's to make way\nfor Interstate 16. At Christmas, all the merchants decorated their store\nwindows. Dad let us ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=720.0,750.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"decorate with silver tinsel and gold and silver balls. The\ndecorations then were simple and tacky looking, so however we decorated as kids,\nit did not matter for attractiveness sake. It was just a lot of fun for us. One\nof the biggest items at Christmas for Dad was Union No. 5 roller skates which\ncame with [their] own key to tighten the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=750.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"skate onto the shoe. [They] sold for\n$5.00. I remember the store stayed open almost until midnight [on] Christmas Eve\nfor the last-minute shoppers. Crime was really not a concern then. One of the\nbig events on West Broad was the annual Daddy Grace parade. He was a black\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=780.0,810.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"revivalist with long hair and long fingernails. He paraded in a convertible car\ndown West Broad and his followers worshiped him and threw him money as he passed\nby. The other big event happened in the 1960's with the civil rights marches.\nWith tons of ammunition inside the store, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=810.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"some city fathers suggested to Dad\nthat he remove that merchandise for the impending march which was to be on West\nBroad Street. Quietly one morning, rifles and shells were loaded into the\nstation wagons backed inside and transported to a Tybee cottage basement ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=840.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for\nsafekeeping until it was okay to return. Then, during that racial riot, one of\nthe old establishments, Yachum \u0026 Yachum, owned by the Perlman brothers, was\nburned during a racial riot. Cranman's Sporting Goods was a unique store for its\ntime. 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Two good friends of his, one a minister and\nthe other an ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=900.0,930.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"ophthalmologist, used to volunteer as salesmen on their day off\njust to be amongst the upscale rifles, camping equipment, fishing gear, and so\nforth. Dad sponsored a \"Camp-O-Rama\" in the early 1960s at the fairgrounds and\nalso at Grayson Stadium. It was a good sales promotion for all kinds of camping\nequipment. 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In\nthe early ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=1080.0,1110.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"1980s, he sold the store and the name. Today it's less charismatic and\nhas dwindled into a bait and filling station. Both our parents are now deceased\nand buried in Bonaventure Cemetery. Dad died September 7, 1986, and Mom died\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=1110.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"March 14, 1990. I live in Savannah with my husband, Eric Meyerhoff. We,\ncoincidentally, bought a house in 1973 on Greene Square, which is located across\nthe street from where Dad grew up with his family. Our two children are Margo\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=1140.0,1170.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/transcript/22218/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and Mark. Jerard lives in Atlanta with his wife, the former Merel Silverman, and\npractices medicine in Atlanta. Their children are Lauren, Kevin, daughter-in-law\nSheila, and new granddaughter, Katherine. 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Workman on the construction sites where he visited\nas [an] architect, would tease him about finally getting married-- \"But I'm\nmarrying Ed Cranman's daughter, of Cranman's Sporting Goods.\" They would stop\nteasing and talk about how they envied him being associated with the store and\nthe owner.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885#t=1200.0,1230.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/annotation_set/421","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Harriet Meyerhoff [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/29865/file/97885/annotation_set/421/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eFort Wayne was established in Savannah in 1762, but it was not used until the Revolutionary war. 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