Interviewee

Elbert Flannagan

Interviewer

Richard Estrada

Summary of Interview

Early life in San Angelo and El Paso, Texas in the teens and twenties; Zork Hardware Company; World War I experiences in France; Sam Dreben; S.L.A. Marshall; munitions sales and the Mexican Revolution; impressions of Francisco Villa; Otis Autman; experiences as a hardware salesman in Mexico in the 1920's; Ben and Stephen Aguirre; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; General George Patton (then a Capitan); Colonel Gaujot.

Date of Interview

1-19-1978

Length of Interview

1 hour

Tape Number

No. 344

Interview Number

No. 344

Terms of Use

Unrestricted

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