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Walter Rigby 1903 - 1977

Walter Rigby of Harvey, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 9, 1903, and died at age 73 years old in July 1977.
Walter Rigby
Harvey, Cook County, Illinois 60426
November 9, 1903
July 1977
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    1903

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    November 9, 1903
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    1977

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    July 1977
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    Walter Rigby lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1903, in the year that Walter Rigby was born, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in June after Henry Ford left another car company he founded in 1901 (which became the Cadillac Motor Company). He began Ford Motor Company with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, two of whom (the Dodge brothers) later began their own car company. Henry Ford improved on assembly line techniques and has been so successful that his family still controls a very popular Ford line of cars and trucks.
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In 1938, when he was 35 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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