Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
Walter Angst, Swiss American Historical Society, autobiography
Abstract
My very first job was with a cabinet-maker called Marx, who had a tiny shop on 6th and K streets in Washington, D.C. He had three other young fellows working for him, one of whom spoke French. He could explain things to me. But coming from precision-minded Switzerland, I was not used to the sloppy ways these guys were doing cabinet work. And when I witnessed how they felt perfectly at ease banging an actual nail between the fence on a circular saw and the body of its grooved (metal) table, I was horrified. After three days I quit.
Recommended Citation
Angst, Walter
(1988)
"Getting Re-established,"
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 24:
Iss.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol24/iss2/9