Oral history interview with Gordon H. Feinberg / interviewed by Mike Forer
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- 1987
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Feinberg discusses his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He describes his work history, including starting his own business, Sanitary Supply Company. He details the development of downtown La Crosse and discusses organizing the 3rd Street Merchant's Association. He also describes the Market Square complex and changes in the downtown shopping area. Also discussed are the following topcs: Birth, 1915, La Crosse, Wisconsin -- Family background -- Employment, 1945 -- Business entrepreneurship, Sanitary Supply Company-- Businesses downtown La Crosse, c. 1945-1960s-- Delivery day, Front Street-- Building construction, relocation, downtown La Crosse -- Opinion on drastic change in La Crosse.
00:00:09 -- Birth, 1915, La Crosse, Wisconsin | 00:00:54 -- Family background | 00:02:38 -- Employment, 1945 | 00:04:56 -- Business entrepreneurship, Sanitary Supply Company | 00:10:41 -- Businesses downtown La Crosse, c. 1945-1960s | 00:29:45 -- Delivery day, Front Street | 00:35:24 -- Building construction, relocation, downtown La Crosse | 00:52:12 -- Opinion on drastic change in La Crosse
Part of the La Crosse Urban History Project.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
- Subjects
- Feinberg, Gordon H. -- Interviews
Oral history
Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- History
Businesspeople -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs
United States -- History -- 1945-1953
United States -- History -- 1953-1961 - Type
- sound
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- English
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- Oral history interview with Gordon H. Feinberg / interviewed by Mike Forer. 1987. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000041. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (1987) Oral history interview with Gordon H. Feinberg / interviewed by Mike Forer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000041
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000041>.