Otto SCHUPFER (b. 1891)

Residence: Juliaetta; Kendrick
Occupation(s): Operated local telephone company and theatre; helped manage electric service
Family Origin: Herman Schupfer's brother

Interviews

Otto Schupfer Interview #1, 4/14/1976

Topics:
Early telephone service and tramways. Anti-German sentiment in war time. Foster's hospital and Adam's wheat. Experience versus education. Juliaetta cannery. Porter enterprises. 4-14-76 1.8 hr p
Duration:
1:50:54
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Great Depression Native Americans automobiles banks businesses canneries churches cooperatives death families fires floods railroads schools sports telephones thieves unions water
Locations:
Juliaetta Kendrick Troy Arrow
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Otto Schupfer Interview #2, 6/1/1976

Topics:
Early moviehouses, radios and cars. Right-of-way disputes. Juliaetta flour mill. Melon thieves. Trains in Potlatch canyon. Telephone and electric service. 6-1-76 2 hr p
Duration:
2:00:15
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African Americans Ku Kux Klan accidents automobiles bees businesses children electricity farmers fighting holidays immigrants mills movies radios railroads sports stores telephones thieves unions wine
Locations:
Juliaetta Kendrick Arrow
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Otto SCHUPFER (b. 1891)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/schupfer_otto.html
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