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Macy's
This famous department store was originally founded by Rowland Hussey Macy in Haverhill, Massachusetts. -
Gustavis Swift
He founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest, and was credited with the developement of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car, which allowed his company to ship dressed meat to all parts of the country and even abroad. -
Elisha Otis
American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company, he invented a safety device to keep elevators from falling if the hoiting cable failed. -
John D. Rockefeller
He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, and revolutionized the petroleum industry. -
Social Darwinism
"The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform." -
Christopher Sholes
Sholes invented the first practical typewriter, and the QWERTY keyboard still in use today. -
Alexander Graham Bell
An eminent scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator whom invented the first telephone. -
Joel Tiffany
Tiffany patented the "refrigerated" train car and founded the Tiffany Refrigerator Car Company. -
Thomas Edison
An American inventor and businessman, famous for inventing devices such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the light bulb. -
F.W. Woolworth
Founder of the F.W. Woolworth Company, now Foot Locker, he was an operator of discount stores and pioneered the now-common practices of buying merchandise straight from the manufacturers and fixing prices on items, instead of haggling. -
George Eastman
Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, he patented photographic film, popularized the use of roll film, helping bring photography to th emainstream. -
Ottmar Merganthaler
A German-born inventor that created the Linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. -
Andrew Carnegie
Founder of the Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie made his fortune in the steel industry. He controlled the most extensive integrated iron and steel operations ever owned by an individual in the United States.
