Interviewee | WALKER, Ike (b. 1905) |
Professions | Founder |
Employers | Bomber Bait Company |
Interview ID # | OHB 0065 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | One of the founders of Bomber Bait Company, Gainesville, Texas. Family background; farming during Depression in Olton, Texas; employment as a gasoline retailer in Olton and tire repair operator in Gainesville; interest in designing fish baits; development of Bomber Bait Company with Clarence Turbeville; problems obtaining supplies at end of World War II; designing hard baits; expansion of market; sale of company; views on success of Bomber Bait and failures of other bait companies. |
Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
Physical Description | 63 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |