Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and the history of automobile industry

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Description:

Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and his difficult search for parts to fix a REO Royale. Shafarman also talks about his life before coming to the Lansing, MI area in 1969, mass production techniques in the auto industry, bad working conditions in the early car factories, Henry Ford’s hiring and pay practices, corporate paternalism, and the "novel" idea of paying workers enough to afford to buy the products they built. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.

Date Issued:

2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States, United States, United States, United States, United States, United States, and United States

Subject Topic:

Automobiles, Conservation and restoration, Automobile industry and trade, History, Assembly-line methods, Automobile factories, History, Work environment, History, Automobile industry workers, Selection and appointment, Compensation management, Corporate culture, Sex discrimination in employment, Sex discrimination against women, Wages, and Automobile industry and trade

Subject Name:

Shafarman, Dan, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, and Reo Motor Car Company

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Rules and practice

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m55m6274v