Garbios: Chicago's Dutch Scavengers

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Document Type

Lecture

Series/Event

Noontime Series

Abstract

Professor Robert Swierenga, author of the popular Dutch Chicago, relates the story of some 450 Dutch-owned scavenger and cartage companies that existed between 1890 and 1990 . Swierenga describes their success. They bustled, organized, and innovated while successfully facing up to the powerful Teamsters’ union and the feared Chicago mob.

Publication Date

9-11-2003

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