Larry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

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Description:

Larry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1959 to 1975. Otis describes his youth and early jobs before coming to REO as a truck mechanic. He talks about REO facilities and products, explains the closing of the plant, the disposal of parts and equipment and the start of the Nuts & Bolts Store by former REO workers selling salvaged REO parts. Otis says that he considered REO a good place to work and recalls employee activities in the plant and the REO Clubhouse and the sense of belonging that came with REO employment. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company's 100th Anniversary.

Date Issued:

2004-05-11T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, Buildings, Automobile industry workers, Reo trucks, Plant shutdowns, Selling, Automobiles, Industrial recreation, and Industrial relations

Subject Name:

Otis, Larry, Otis, Larry, Otis, Larry, Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, and Reo Motor Car Company

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Parts

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m59c6s18m