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![Interview with Harold W. Hocker, 1975 June 24-25 [audio]](/sites/default/files/pictures/logobox.png)
- Title
- Interview with Harold W. Hocker, 1975 June 24-25 [audio]
- Date(s)
- 1975-06-24, 1975-06-25
- Contributor(s)
- Hocker, Harold W. (interviewee), Edmonson, James (interviewer)
- Description
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Hocker describes the creation of the H.W. Hocker Manufacturing Company, including how the company handled the Great Depression, the development of brush manufacturing and the trajectory of the company, and other products that they produced, including bottle caps and aluminum cans. He also touches on the equipment used, ordering materials for the process, and learning how to make brushes. He discusses the fear of spreading anthrax in the import of bristles, waste in the brush process, and...
Show moreHocker describes the creation of the H.W. Hocker Manufacturing Company, including how the company handled the Great Depression, the development of brush manufacturing and the trajectory of the company, and other products that they produced, including bottle caps and aluminum cans. He also touches on the equipment used, ordering materials for the process, and learning how to make brushes. He discusses the fear of spreading anthrax in the import of bristles, waste in the brush process, and attempting to use synthetic materials. He also describes the machines used as well as other tools of the trade. Hocker talks about publishing trade catalogs and the standardization of brush-making. Finally, he describes the conception of the idea and the typical brush market.
Show less - Collection ID
- Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
- Hagley ID
- 1970370_91713_hocker
- Collection
- Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley