After saving a dollar a week in a Christmas club, Max Fisher and friend Joe Falk had enough to visit Cuba in late December 1932, Fisher's first time on an airplane. He returned to Detroit to find the Keystone plant had burned down.
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December 1, 1932
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Fisher with two friends at Sloppy Joe's in Havana, Cuba on New Year's Eve, 1932. Upon his return to Detroit, Fisher learned that his Keystone oil refining plant had burned down, due to faulty equipment. Fisher recalls: "It took a long time to get the insurance settlement, and those were the darkest days for me."
New Year's Eve in Havana, Cuba
December 31, 1932
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Fisher with two friends at Sloppy Joe's in Havana, Cuba on New Year's Eve, 1932. Upon his return to Detroit, Fisher learned that his Keystone oil refining plant had burned down, due to faulty equipment. Fisher recalls: "It took a long time to get the insurance settlement, and those were the darkest days for me."
Left to Right: Joseph Falk, Kurt Saloma, Max M. Fisher in Havana, Cuba.
Credit: Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
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1931-1953