Interview of Lansing resident Mitch Skory

Description:: Mitch Skory recalls his life in Lansing, MI, including establishing a television sales and service business in the early days of TV, opening several other businesses, the assimilation of the Lebanese community in the Lansing area and about relations with other ethnic and racial groups, a fire which destroyed a downtown hotel, the city phone system and party lines, the establishment of the REO manufacturing company, and the city turning Washington Ave into a pedestrian mall. Skory says that he is optimistic about Lansing's future. Skory is interviewed by Rebecca Hector-Kruth and others.
Date Issued:: 2009-03-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:: Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, and Lansing (Mich.)
Subject Topic:: City and town life, Television broadcasting, Lebanese, Hotels, Fires and fire prevention, Telephone, Pedestrian areas, and Race relations
Subject Name:: Reo Motor Car Company
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5k649t65