[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.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.185_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.185
"Hamburg, Lester A. - 1987" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Hamburg, Lester A. - 1987
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Lester Hamburg, a businessman and philanthropist who managed a war plant during WWII, worked in his family owned business, Hamburg Brothers' and held numerous community positions in Pittsburgh; birth date, August 23, 1916.
Contributor
Hamburg, Lester A. (interviewee), Faigen, Ann;Kimball, Harold (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1987
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.185
Rights
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your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: University of Pittsburgh, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
