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- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB brick factory building in background, man holding photographic drop behind car, top up. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with leather victoria top & 2-piece folding glass front windshield, right side view, photographed at Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of the Dodge Brothers foundry interior, the image is inscribed "Dodge Brothers Foundry"
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U chassis on side, in front of brick building. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, chassis, plan view, photographed at the Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1928 Packard side mounted spare tire with fitted cover. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 533, fifth series six, 6-cylinder, 81-horsepower, 133-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #320), prototype spring 1927, five-sixth left side view, top raised, absent belt color panel, 1927 Michigan license plate #871-900.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1933 Packard seven-eights left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 1004, super eight, tenth series, 8-cylinder, 145-horsepower, 142-inch wheelbase, 7-person sedan limousine (body type #654), note hub caps "Packard Motorcar Co./Detroit Mich. USA," demountable wood spoke wheels, side wheel carriers with metal covers.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a Packard Goddess of Speed, hood ornament, left side view.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1905-03-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of construction work at the Northway Motor and Manufacturing Company showing horse-drawn wagons, the image is inscribed "Aug-9-1915"
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB inside brick building. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, close-coupled, fitted with bench type rear seat, right side view, photographed at Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 3.5x5.5 Americhrome color postcard showing exterior of Buick factories no. 6 and no. 7 in Flint
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry