Hamburg, Lester A. - 1987 - Tape 1, Side 1

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[T1S1] childhood in Youngstown, Ohio; attending Sterrett School in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania; move to Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh in 1929; recollections of family life, the Great depression and 1936 flood in Pittsburgh; managing a war plant in West Virginia during WWII; graduation from Taylor Allderdice and University of Pittsburgh; reminiscence about Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to his home; head of United Way while in West Virginia; return to Pittsburgh and Hamburg Brothers; distributors for Victor Records, Majestic Radios, Servel Gas Refrigerators, and RCA.