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Part 04: Rapid industrial development/working conditions (RealPlayer version)

Thomas Lewandowski, 1939 - (prod., narr.)

Oakland Community College

Automotive industry -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Automobile industry workers -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Urbanization -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

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Extracts from oral histories of Hamtramck, MI in the Albert J. Zak Memorial Library (Hamtramck), Detroit Public Library (Burton Collection), Hamtramck Historical Collection, Library of Michigan, Macomb County Library, Oakland Community College Libraries.

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Beatrice Kobe Adamski, Hamtramck Public Library Director and Michigan Librarian of the Year, shares her experience of tired auto workers returning from work. Frank Krysztof, first generation Polish-American, describes building automobiles for pennies a day before assembly line production. Mrs. Margaret McGuire Tenerowicz , wife of Congressman and Mayor Dr. Rudolph Tenerowicz, describes how industrial accidents did occur in this fast paced environment. Stephen Majewski, the city's second mayor (1926-1928) and Mrs. Iris Page Butler, an African-American public health nurse, reflect on the same topics.