Potts, Howard, b. ca. 1898, interviewee.
Biographical notes:
Howard Potts was born in Wilmington, Del. ca. 1898, the son of a residential building contractor. A lifelong resident of the city, he went to work at age 14 at the shipyard and car works of American Car & Foundry (formerly Jackson & Sharp). During the "ship famine" of World War I, Potts worked at the nearby steel shipbuilding yard of Pusey & Jones, but the bulk of his working life was spent in wooden shipbuilding.
From the description of Oral history interview, 1975 [transcript]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122459587
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Subjects:
- Apprentices
- Sailing ships
- Sailmaking
- Shipbuilding industry
- Shipbuilding industry
- Ships, Wooden
- Shipyards
- Work
- Working class
- Working class families
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- Wilmington (Del.) (as recorded)
- Delaware (as recorded)
