Wheeler Motor Company,
The Kangaroo Court at Wheeler Motor Company. It was sponsored by the Employees' Council of Self Government and Discipline, which acted as the business's moral police. Shown in the photo are Teressa Felis, the woman seated below the Chevrolet sign. She was the "court" stenographer...
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University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library |
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Mobile Wheeler Motor Company, Erik Overbey |
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Mobile Business and Industry; Peoples of Alabama; Mobile; Wheeler Motor Company; mock courts; groups; workers; Chevrolet, automobile dealers; car stores; signs; jurors Alabama; Mobile; Workers, Black; Automobile dealers -- Alabama; African Americans -- Alabama; |
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The Kangaroo Court at Wheeler Motor Company. It was sponsored by the Employees' Council of Self Government and Discipline, which acted as the business's moral police. Shown in the photo are Teressa Felis, the woman seated below the Chevrolet sign. She was the "court" stenographer. J. J. Herzog, the man seated at the podium, was the general manager. Standing to his right is Adrian Arras. The "jurors," seated in the right of the photo, were W. W. Redman, Walter Smith, Bob Moss, Joseph George, Robert Cheeseman, and Mr. Beaham. |
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Wheeler Motor Company,Business and Industry; Peoples of Alabama;Mobile; Wheeler Motor Company; mock courts; groups; workers; Chevrolet, automobile dealers; car stores; signs; jurorsThe Kangaroo Court at Wheeler Motor Company. It was sponsored by the Employees' Council of Self Government and Discipline, which acted as the business's moral police. Shown in the photo are Teressa Felis, the woman seated below the Chevrolet sign. She was the "court" stenographer. J. J. Herzog, the man seated at the podium, was the general manager. Standing to his right is Adrian Arras. The "jurors," seated in the right of the photo, were W. W. Redman, Walter Smith, Bob Moss, Joseph George, Robert Cheeseman, and Mr. Beaham.Erik OverbeyThe Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama3/15/1929ImagejpegN3550BErik Overbey Collectioneng.Mobile, AlabamaU.S. and international copyright laws may apply to this digital image. Use of this image without the prior permission of The McCall Library is prohibited. Please contact The McCall Library for permission to use this image.Alabama; Mobile; Workers, Black;Automobile dealers -- Alabama; African Americans -- Alabama;http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/216 |
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Wheeler Motor Company, |
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Wheeler Motor Company, |
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Erik Overbey |
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Erik Overbey |
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