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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Have you ever used a hair curler or hair crimping gadget? Have you ever had a permanent? If so, you are getting closer to discovering Charles Nessler.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Garfinckel's was a prominent department store chain that catered to elite consumers, including government leaders and their wives, and carved out a high-end retail niche in Washington, DC for 85 years.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
An approximate notion of the bulk of the business may be gathered from the statement that Mr. Woolworth imports a larger tonnage of toys and tree ornaments than all other United States buyers put together, or over one half of the product of the world.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Ida Rosenthal and Sara Little Turnbull share a connection to a garment most women in America, and many around the world, wear every day: the brassiere, more commonly called the bra.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Held to celebrate the centennial of Thomas Jefferson's 1804 Louisiana Purchase, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the perfect place for George Westinghouse to demonstrate his companies' dominance and specifically, the skills of the 9,000 Pittsburghers who worked in his factories.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With nearly 400 patents to his name, Westinghouse is a beacon of Gilded Age industry.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
African Americans history is full of business pioneers and the beauty product industry is no exception. From the more well-know Madam C. J. Walker to modern day mogul Rihanna.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
But a century before these tech and financial giants, there was John D. Rockefeller. He accumulated so much wealth that he could still make the list if he were alive today.