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Container
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John Lair Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0066 SAA 066
Abstract
John Lair was born in Rockcastle County, Kentucky on July 1, 1894. His father was a farmer and Lair attended a one-room school before going on to finish high school in the county seat town of Mount Vernon. After army service in World War One, he worked in a variety of jobs that included teaching school and editing a small-town newspaper.
Work as an insurance company claims adjuster brought him to Chicago in the late 1920s where he became interested in radio. He was able to find...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1999