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Oral history interview with George W. Davis, 1975.

Creator: Davis, George W.
Project: Continental Group project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 130 pages Sound recording 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Salesman.

Scope and Contents

Employment during the Depression; office boy for Continental Can, Syracuse; tank corps during World War II; Jack Baldwin and other Continental personnel; sales in Philadelphia and Syracuse districts, salesmen and managers in Eastern United States; Teremina Company account, other customers; intensification of business practices; plant locations; employee morale; Texas food canners; Hunt account; retirement plans; paper work.

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