Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:22 pm
Does anyone know where many of the Edison employees went after the close in 1929?
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Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:42 pm
Soup kitchens with the rest of the depression victims?
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:47 pm
They all went over to Victor of course.
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:13 pm
I Googled it and got no real answer, but found this video of TAE's history...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxVDdBtFQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxVDdBtFQQ
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:24 pm
I think you mean where did they go when they closed in 1930. Edison was still producing radios in 1930.Does anyone know where many of the Edison employees went after the close in 1929?
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:15 am
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
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:08 am
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.
Re: Edison Employees Where did they go after the close?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:11 am
Edison Bomb Sight.