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John N. Cannon

John N. Cannon lived in the neighborhood from his birth in 1927 at 1647 Kensington Avenue until he married and graduated from the University of Utah in 1951.  He had the rare experience of living on a chicken farm in The Gully from 1930-32 during the Great Depression.  He was away in the US Navy in 1945 during WWII and on an LDS mission to England from 1947 to 1949. John is a retired professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University.  He and his late wife Margaret are the parents of six children.  

Audio Interview

Here are three interviews with John recollecting his years in the neighborhood.  The soundtracks are followed by photos.

The interviews and related files are shared with the written consent of the interviewee under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.  (Note: Index times are approximate. Variations in browsers and operating systems may cause some timing discrepancies. Please use the audio player controls to fine tune the section you’re interested in.)

Interview 1 (03/02/2015, duration 01:00:20)

Summary & Index: John N. Cannon–Interview 1

Interview 2 (03/09/2015, duration 01:16:26)

Summary & Index: John N. Cannon–Interview 2

Interview 3 (03/11/2015, duration 00:36:37)

Summary & Index: John N. Cannon–Interview 3

Document

Images

Maps

The Gully base map
The Gully with features
15th and 15th business district

Gully

Looking SE toward barn, spring 1955 – John Cannon
Looking N towards farm house, son Jack, spring 1955 – John Cannon
Looking SE from behind farm house, spring 1955, John Cannon
Looking SE across clay cliffs, spring 1955 – John Cannon
Looking NE across chicken coop foundation, spring 1955 – John Cannon
Looking E across clay cliffs, spring 1955 – John Cannon

Photos

John and Family | John, Alice N., Elaine Cannon ca. 1928 – courtesy of John Cannon
John and Family | Elaine, Alice, John Cannon ca. 1929 – courtesy of John Cannon
First grade class Garfield School 1933 – courtesy of John Cannon
Fourth grade class Uintah School 1936 – courtesy of John Cannon
John Cannon 1937 – courtesy of John Cannon
John and Family | John, Elaine, Alice Cannon 1940 or 41 – courtesy of John Cannon
Cannon family Christmas 1942 or 43 – courtesy of John Cannon
East High football team 1943-44 – courtesy of John Cannon
John Cannon track 1944 – courtesy of John Cannon
John Cannon and Gallen Wooley San Francisco Feb. 1945 – courtesy of John Cannon
John B. Cannon 1933 or 34 – courtesy of John Cannon

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