Rapp, George
Person
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George Rapp, 1972
File
Identifier: OH 8035
Abstract
George Rapp was the head silversmith for The Stieff Company and a native Baltimorean. In this oral history interview, he discusses: Childhood in St. Denis, now Arbutus, Maryland; first employment at Schultz Silver Company and Scofield Company for eighteen years; radar equipment work for Stieff during World War II; mechanization of silversmith processes; manufacture of Williamsburg reproduction silver; working at the Smithsonian Institution Craft Fair in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1972