Kim Ida Surh oral history interview, part 3 of 8, October 26, 2003

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0:00 - Adjusting to life as she moved from Tuscon, AZ to Los Angeles/The Angel's Flight railway in Los Angeles

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Keywords: Angel's Flight; Arizona; communities; family; groceries; Los Angeles; moving; railway; streetcar; trolley; Tuscon

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4:49 - Playing in the street in Los Angeles

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Keywords: childhood activities; hide and seek; kick the can; kickball; Los Angeles; neighborhood; playing; Tuscon

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6:47 - Finding nature and greenery in Los Angeles

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Keywords: Colonel Kim; Echo Park; greenery; grocery; lake; MacArthur Park; nature; trees; Young-Oak Kim

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8:20 - Attending church and Sunday school/Poor attitude of church members/Going to Korean church/Going to Korean language school

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Keywords: church; discrimination; Korean; religion; socialization; Sunday School

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12:15 - Lessons learned from her father and Korean language school

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Keywords: culture; family; father; food; kimchi; Korean language school

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14:00 - Getting in touch with her grandfather from Korea and trying to get him to immigrate/Her aunts coming to America and one of them dying tragically

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Keywords: accident; cable car; family; grandfather; higher education; immigration; jeep; Korea; letters; Los Angeles; papers; Princeton; San Francisco

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21:58 - Memorable friends from her youth/Aversion to making friends when she was young

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Keywords: correspondence; friends; friendship; Los Angeles; rejection

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26:40 - A Sunday school teacher excluding her and her brother from a party and the impact that had

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Keywords: acceptance; outsider; rejection; Sunday school

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