Aristides (Art) Arvanites owns Harry's Bar on Verlinden Street across from the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Art discusses his life and career as a Greek immigrant moving to Lansing and the history of the bar including its use as a UAW strike headquarters and soup kitchen. Art talks about the services the bar provided workers such as paycheck cashing, parking, fast lunches, and a friendly environment. He talks about being part of the Westside neighborhood and the Sexton High School students stopping by for lunch.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-03-29
- Interviewees
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Arvanites, Aristides
- Subjects
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Arvanites, Aristides
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Greeks
Immigrants
Neighborhoods
Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:27:57
- Venue Note
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Recorded Mar. 29, 2006, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 15473
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6793940