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Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis invented the hydrolic crane. The hydrolic crane made the elevator move up and down and made them safe so they wouldnt just fall. -
Christopher Shole
Christopher Sholes invented the first practical type writer. He also introduced a keyboard layout that is still used today. -
John D Rockafeller
John D Rockafeller was the founder of a standard Oil Company. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar invented the linotype that changed the newspaper indusrty forever. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew organized the first of his many companies, the Keystone Bridge Company, and the first of his steel works. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone, he also created the Bell Telephone company. -
Joel Tiffany
Joel Tiffany created the first refrigerator car. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, and he also invented the lightbulb (1879). -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W.Woolworth was the founder of the F.W.Woolworth Company, an operator of discount store that priced merchandise at ten and five cents. -
Social Darwinism
The rich used it to distinguish that they are rich. -
George Eastman
George Eastman invented the dry,transparent, and flexible photographic film. He also invented the Kodak cameras that could use the new film. -
Gaustavus Swift
Gustavus worked with J.O. Armour and Edward Morris, and he formed the National Packing Company—the “Beef Trust” -
Macy's
Macy's was first called Federated Department Stores, Inc. then it was renamed on June 2007). Macy's was born through the combination of Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, Filene’s of Boston, F&R Lazarus & Co. of Columbus, OH, and Bloomingdale’s of New York.
