8,368 research outputs found
Vernon Cook discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc.
No full textVernon Cook recalls working at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1944 and 1948. Cook says that much of his family worked at REO, including his future wife and that company culture dominated their lives. He describes factory working conditions, the REO Clubhouse, seeing the "Baby REO" car on display, the 1937 sit-down strike, and listening to WREO, the company radio station. He also talks at length about his job as a stock chaser in the plant and describes how trucks were built, tested and then dismantled for export. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project
Crop Dusting with Airplane, Orange and Grapefruit Trees, Rio Grande Valley
No full textAerial image of a crop duster airplane flying over a citrus orchard. The white cloud trailing the plane is a stream of insecticide.Date courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Crop Dusting with Airplane, Orange and Grapefruit Trees, Rio Grande Valley. Southern Texas. B314. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee
Airport, Mercedes, Texas
No full textAerial View of the Central Valley Airport in Mercedes, Texas, with a number of small planes parked along a dirt pathway around two central buildings. The name of the airport is painted in large letters on the roof of the lower building.Date and description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Airport Mercedes Tex. M693. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee
Main Street, Mercedes, Texas
No full textImage of downtown Mercedes, Texas, looking north from Texas Avenue and 3rd Street. Dominguez Furniture is seen across from the State Theater and the First National Bank and cars are parked along either side of the street.Date and description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Mercedes Texas - M-56. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. [handwritten correspondence not transcribed]
Clubhouse, Mercedes Golf Club, Mercedes, Texas
No full textImage of the clubhouse building at the Llano Grande Country Club House. This was the one of many buildings in the Mercedes area designed by architect R. Newell Waters. Construction began in 1928. The structure was built of hollow tile covered with stucco, with a Spanish tile roof and reinforced concrete foundation. A tower was located on the west side, and the first floor contained a ladies' parlor, men's locker rooms, and showers. The club house was finished inside and out with native wood.Date and description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Clubhouse Mercedes Golf Club, Mercedes, Texas. 37423. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwauke
Grape-Fruit Entering Canning Plant, Mercedes, Texas
No full textImage of grapefruit being loaded onto a conveyor belt leading into Stokely Brothers plant. The Stokely Brothers had plants throughout the United States. Grapefruit originated as a natural hybrid between a Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo. In 1929 a Texas citrus grower discovered a mutated red grapefruit growing on a pink grapefruit tree, which became the Ruby Red varietyDate and description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Grape-Fruit Entering Canning Plant, Mercedes, Texas. 3742. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee
Main Street, Mercedes, Texas
No full textLooking south from Texas Avenue and 2nd Street. Borderline Hardware, Baum's Menswear, Beer Garden, three Coca Cola signs, boys on bikes and period automobiles. Although this is the main downtown intersection, there is no traffic light. The upper right grassy area is the lawn of the Mercedes Hotel, and the lower grassy area is part of the Mercedes City Park.Date refers to postmark. Description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Main Street, Mercedes, Texas. 37414. Verso: [postmarked] Mercedes, Texas. Apr 2 1940. 330 PM. [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. [handwritten correspondence not transcribed]
Entrance to the Chamber of Commerce, Mercedes, Texas
No full textImage of the entryway of the Mercedes Chamber of Commerce, formerly the Elks Lodge. The first of several Mercedes buildings designed by architect R. Newell Waters, the entrance of the Elks Club Building features ornamental brickwork, a detailed arched doorway, and Mediterranean light fixtures, and a large clock above the door. The exterior was brick covered stucco and the roof was red tile. Inside, the lodge featured social rooms, library, shower baths, a ballroom and a roof garden.Date and description courtesy of Lisa Stone. Recto: [inscribed on negative] Entrance to the Chamber of Commerce, Mercedes, Texas. 37428. Verso: [imprinted] All Rights Reserved - the L. L. Cook Co., Milwauke
"Moving to Tassie": a brief examination of internal migration to Tasmania
No full textThis paper is drafted in response to the population roundtable held on the 2 May 2019 and led by Dr Lisa Denny from the Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania. From this discussion, researchers from the University of Tasmania, James Cook University and Western Sydney University developed a research project carried out in the latter half of 2019 to better understand the motivating factors in the decision to move to Tasmania. This included a survey distributed online, qualitative interviews conducted across the island and some online observation in collaboration with online community groups (especially the That's it I'm moving to Tassie Facebook group)
Confirming Dr. Lisa Cook to the Fed
No full textOn May 10, 2022, Dr. Lisa Cook was confirmed by a 51-50 vote in the U.S. Senate as the first Black woman to join the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. A coalition of groups supporting her nomination worked to counter attacks from Republican senators with a track record of targeting nominees of color and to contain the impact of right-wing critics on social media. A comprehensive communications strategy built around emphasizing her experience and expertise included tactics to prevent racialized attacks on Dr. Cook from becoming mainstream. Identifying a clear opposing figure, depriving social media trolls of amplification, and turning the phenomenon of white privilege to her advantage all played a role in the public interest communications strategy that aided Dr. Cook’s successful confirmation
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