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Home > The 50 great pioneers of American industry; the stories of Rockefeller, Swift, Edison, Woolworth, Squibb, Proctor, Sears, Otis, Singer, Carrier, and 40 other business leaders and courageous innovators whose activities founded major industries and shaped today\'s economy

The 50 great pioneers of American industry; the stories of Rockefeller, Swift, Edison, Woolworth, Squibb, Proctor, Sears, Otis, Singer, Carrier, and 40 other business leaders and courageous innovators whose activities founded major industries and shaped today\'s economy


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News Front

Year of Publication

©1964

Publisher

[C.S. Hammond]

City of Publication

[Maplewood, N.J.]

Pages

207 pages illustrations, portraits 32 cm

Language

en

ARI Id

1672081542892


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He put cotton on the map. . . Samuel Slater sparked the U. S. 's Industrial Revolution with his invention of the first mechanical cotton mill
Railroading's undoubting Thomas. . . Philip E. Thomas, founder of the Baltimore & Ohio, opened the way to this country's Middle West
Harvester of the prairies. . . Cyrus McCormick's reaper made prairie wheat profitable and began mechanization of the world's agriculture
Newspapers for everyone. . . Benjamin Day and his New York Sun paved the way for mass circulation daily papers and journalism's heyday
Prince of humbugs. . . Irrepressible Phineas T. Barnum, showman par excellence, took the fire and brimstone out of entertainment
The bounce in rubber. . . Charles Goodyear started a flourishing industry by devotion to an impractical novelty called "India rubber. " The man from Cook's. . . Teetotaler Thomas Cook accidentally began his travel agency while crusading for the temperance movement
100 million sewing machines. . . Isaac Singer invented a sewing machine that worked, founded global industrial empire that spans 67 countries
Crotchety crusader. . . Dr. E. R. Squibb devoted life to crusade against adulteration, impurities, founded the ethical drug industry
World's largest emporium. . . R. H. Macy suffered four failures but finally revolutionized retailing by his under-one-roof formula
Milk's miracle man. . . Gail Borden launched the dairy industry with his invention of spoilage-proof condensed milk a century ago
Going up. . . Elisha Otis, by inventing the safety elevator, made skyscrapers possible and changed the face of the U. S
Opening industry's books. . . Henry Varnum Poor fought for the investor's right to know by publishing basic statistics about U. S. industries. Czar of steel. . . Connecticut-born engineer, A. L. Holley, bought U. S. rights to Bessemer patents, founded world's largest steel industry
Baseball turns pro. . . Harry Wright and his Cincinnati Red Stockings started America's favorite sport on its way to the big time
He lit the world. . . Thomas Alva Edison's incandescent electric light led to a score of spectacular inventions for modern-day living
Architects of "Mad Ave". . . F. W. Ayer and J. Walter Thompson found advertising in chaos and turned it into a respectable, billion dollar business
The floating soap. . . Harley Procter revolutionized soap industry by consumer-directed national advertising and merchandising
Insurance pioneer. . . John F. Dryden took life insurance out of the luxury class and made it available to all for pennies a week
The fizz in soda pop. . . Soft drinks were limited to local brands until Charles Hires came along with national distribution for his Root Beer. Dime store king. . . Nickels and dimes were more than small change of Frank Woolworth who based an empire on this new selling idea
Organizer of oil. . . John D. Rockefeller, poor boy who made good, headed Standard Oil Trust which controlled 85% of U. S. oil in 1880's
Swift goes to market. . . Gustavus Swift succeeded in founding a $2. 5 billion meat packing industry on a borrowed $25
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