[Edward Rankin discusses his career as an inventory clerk, manager, and sales representative at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc.].

Edward Rankin recalls his career as an inventory clerk, manager, and sales representative at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, between 1947 and 1973. Rankin talks about his youth and being hired at REO, and speaks nostalgically about REO social life, worker sports teams...

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Corporate Author:	REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors:	Rankin, Edward R. (Interviewee), Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer), Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[1992]
Subjects:	Rankin, Edward R. > Interviews. Rankin, Edward R. Rankin, Edward R. > Childhood and youth. Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews. Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews. Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing. Business travel > Iraq. Business travel > Lebanon. Trucks > Marketing. Oral histories.
Genre:	Interviews. Oral histories.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (91 min., 40 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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