Reminiscences of Frederick J. Hoffman : oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Frederick J. Hoffman : oral history, 1975.

Education; early canning business in Baltimore; World War II service; work as draftsman in Customer Equipment Service department of Continental Can; decline in customer equipment service after 1951 consent decree; designing can lines for customers; canning orange juice in Florida; closing machine sales; recollections of Continental Can executives; other companies raids for skilled personnel; history of closing machine design.

Transcript: 77 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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Hoffman, Frederick J., 1918-

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Director, customer equipment service. From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick J. Hoffman : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513532 ...

Nackman, Mark E.

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Continental Can Company

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