Identity elements
Reference code
US-GCS DCL Arch Pamph-Grinnell-Business/Manufacturing-2.3
Name and location of repository
Level of description
File
Title
Grinnell-Business/Manufacturing-Laros Buggy Factory
Date(s)
Extent
16 GH/GR articles and advertisements about the Gerald Laros (b. 1898), development of Laros Buggy Factory, Laros Buggy Company Plant Fire, and Gerald Laros' death. The articles discuss D.A. Laros, who owned the factory, property values, fire damage, and the business/personal lives of the Laros family as well as other business ventures, like the Laros News Stand.
Includes 1 set of portraits of the young Laros men with Gerald Laros as a child. On the back there is a picture of a building labeled D.A. Laros & Sons. Also a labeled picture of men in work uniforms (not Laros family) in front of the factory.
Subject terms: 1) Fire 2) Lagos Buggy Factory 3) Automotive Manufacturing