Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?

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Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?

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Does anyone know where many of the Edison employees went after the close in 1929?

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Soup kitchens with the rest of the depression victims? :(
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They all went over to Victor of course.
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I Googled it and got no real answer, but found this video of TAE's history...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxVDdBtFQQ
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Does anyone know where many of the Edison employees went after the close in 1929?
I think you mean where did they go when they closed in 1930. Edison was still producing radios in 1930.

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Did they go to the corners with there cardboard signs that said will play record for food???? They must have diverse to someplace. They were starting a depression then so jobs were hard to come by, It was tough times in those days Tom B

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They started making Edicraft appliances, later (after Edicraft) during WWII they manufactured aircraft instruments along with Weston of Newark N.J.,,,, mainly pressure gauges and bomber sights.
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Edison Bomb Sight.
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