Interview with Michael Lerner
Video
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Title
Interview with Michael Lerner
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Content type
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Description
Interview with Michael Lerner about the Kansas City garment industry and his family's company, King Louie. He recounts his father Morris and uncles founding the Lerner Cap Company, later changing the name to Lerner Brothers Manufacturing and going into production of military clothing at the start of World War II. After the war they shifted to sportswear, and later, to bowling shirts under the name King Louie, as his uncle Victor Lerner was a professional bowler. He discusses how the company grew to encompass bowling alleys and other businesses, shifting to overseas manufacturing and imports, and eventually buying back the brand from a venture capital firm in 2006 and re-establishing the business as an American-made, union labor firm that manufactures uniforms and promotional garments.
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Creator Name
Creator: Dvorak, John A.
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| Date(s) |
Date(s)
2011-03-07
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Subject
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Subject (local)
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Extent
0:50:00
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Digital Collection(s)
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| Related Item |
Related Item
Garment Industry Oral History Collection (SC229)
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| Note(s) |
Note(s)
The Historic Garment Industry oral history project was conducted by the Historic Garment District Museum in cooperation with the Kansas City Public Library.
Note Type
funding
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library.
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Shelf Locator
SC229, Series 2
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| Use and Reproduction |
Use and Reproduction
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