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Oral history interview with Ed Askew [electronic resource], 1975

Creator: Askew, Ed
Project: Continental Group project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Railroad and traffic manager.

Scope and Contents

Family life; race relations in Hodge, Louisiana; telegraph operator for the railroad; government suit against Southern Advance; railway company routes and lines; Hodge as a company town; station agent; locomotive accident; Southern Advance merger with Gair and subsequent acquisition by Continental Can in 1956; impressions of Continental Can Company and personnel.

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