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NORTHERN, Joe (b. 1924)

ProfessionsOwner and operator
EmployersJoe's Cleaners

Oral Histories

OHB 0021

Owner and operator of Joe’s Cleaners, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; education; work as youth in cleaning shop; opening Joe’s Cleaners, 1944; decline of dry cleaning business; his unique credit system; importance of self-employment; other business ventures; dealings with City of Denton; history of his business.