Oral history interview, 1975 [transcript].

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Oral history interview, 1975 [transcript].

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The record consists of a typed transcript of a taped interview conducted on June 16, 1975, by Frank McKelvey and Robert A. Howard of the curatorial staff of the Hagley Museum. During the interview, Potts was asked to view and comment on a series of photos taken at the yard during the time that he worked there.

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Potts, Howard, b. ca. 1898.

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American Car and Foundry Company

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The Jackson and Sharp Company, a manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, was incorporated in Delaware on February 24, 1869, as the successor to the partnership of Jackson & Sharp. Job H. Jackson (1833-1901), a tinsmith and mechanic, and Jacob F. Sharp (ca. 1815-1888), an experienced car builder, opened a small car-building shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1863. Wilmington was a major center for the manufacture of railroad passenger cars prior to the development of P...

McKelvey, Frank J.

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Howard, Robert A., 1943-2012

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Potts, Howard, b. ca. 1898, interviewee.

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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 [tran...