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Elisha Otis (Steam Elevator)
Elisha Otis was the founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and he invented the safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. -
Christopher Sholes (Typewriter)
Christopher Sholes was an inventor that created the typewriter, and the "QWERTY" keyboard. The "QWERTY" keyboard is still in use today. Sholes was also the publisher of a newspaper and and Wisconsin politician. -
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Standard Oil Company. Standard Oil Company dominated the oil industry and was the first great United States business trust. -
Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone)
Alexander Graham Bell is credited for inventing the first practical telephone. He recieved a patent for the telephone in 1876. Bell was also a distinguished scientist, inventor, engineer, and innnovator. -
Joel Tiffany (Refrigerator Car)
Tiffany created and patented the design of refrigerator cars. He also started the Tiffany Refrigerator Car Company in 1877 in Chicago, Illinois. -
F.W. Woolworth
Woolworth was the founder of a chain of discount stores called F. W. Woolworth Company that sold items for five or ten cents. Having prices this low set trends and created the modern retail that stores still follow even in today's world. -
George Eastman (Photographic Process)
Eastman was an American innovator and entreprepeur who helped popularize the use of roll film, and he also helped bring photography to the mainstream. Eastmen also founded Eastman Kodak Company. -
Thomas Edison (Lightbulb)
Thomas Edison invented many things, but his most famous is the lightbulb, which he recieved a patent on in 1880. Some of his other inventions include the phonograph and a motion picture camera. -
Ottmar Mergenthaler (Linotype)
Mergenthaler was a German inventor who invented the Linotype machine. The Linotype machine was the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. -
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. He led to a huge expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
