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Florsheim Shoe Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...War II as one of the top 10 firms in the industry, with nearly $18 million in annual sales. Control...
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Goldblatt Bros. Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...the chain was purchased in 1985 by JG Industries Inc. The flagship State Street store was purchased...
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| 473 |
Illinois Tool Works Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...and several veterans of the tool-and-die industry from Rockford, Illinois, started a small company...
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| 474 |
Tellabs Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...half of those in Chicago. Tellabs followed its industry downward in the early 2000s, dropping two-...
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Waste Management Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...the field for new, larger companies in the industry. One of these companies was Waste Management, a...
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Armour & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Yard stood at the center of the meatpacking industry, Armour became a national operation and one of...
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| 477 |
Kraft Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...in the Chicago area. Kraft merged with Dart Industries in 1980, creating Dart & Kraft Inc. ; the two...
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Quaker Oats Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...the chemical furfural, which was soon used by industry to manufacture nylon and synthetic rubber....
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| 479 |
Seipp (Conrad) Brewing Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...in 1919 dealt a devastating blow to the beer industry as a whole. The company limped along through...
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| 480 |
Swift & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...East. He quickly revolutionized the meat industry by using newly developed refrigerated railcars to...
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U.S. Steel Corp., (
Business Dictionary
) ...company. The sudden decline of the American steel industry in the late 1970s adversely affected U.S....
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Victor Adding Machine Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...pioneering adding machine maker had been an industry leader in the 1930s, when it employed about 200...
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Women's Garment Factories in Chicago in 1925, (
Map
) ...had a thriving women's garment manufacturing industry. In 1925, during its heyday, it was located...
...between Chicago and North Avenues. The industry declined with foreign competition and outsourcing of...
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx, (
Business Dictionary
) ...most comprehensive ever to occur in the clothing industry; by 1915, the majority of the company's...
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| 485 |
Western Electric Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Gray & Barton, a telegraph industry supply company founded in 1869 by Elisha Gray and Enos Barton,...
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| 486 |
Field (Marshall) & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Place. In 1982, when it was purchased by BAT Industries of London, Field ceased to be an independent...
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| 487 |
Sears, Roebuck & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...by 1920, the tremendous growth of the mail-order industry was slowing. In 1924, the company made a...
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| 488 |
Reading the Plan, Carl Smith(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...Street but also for sanitary reform of industry and housing situated near Halsted's intersection...
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| 489 |
Creating the Plan, Carl Smith(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...to provide access from there for heavy industry, which was increasingly located on the city's far...
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Antecedents and Inspirations, Carl Smith(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...as the home of the Museum of Science and Industry (1933). The new Field Museum opened in 1921 at its...
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