1900

1900s Invents

  • Crayons

    Crayons

    Binney & Smith Company (later to be named Crayola LLC) developed their own famous line of wax crayons.
  • Corn Flakes

    Corn Flakes

    W.K. Kellogg opened the “Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company” and they created the initial batch of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes.
  • Modern Bra

    Modern Bra

    The invention of the modern bra was in New York City in 1910 by Mary Phelps-Jacob. Bras replaced the corset as the most widely used means of breast support.
  • Zeppelin

    Zeppelin

    Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin began construction of his first airship and the Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche.
  • Crossword Puzzle

    Crossword Puzzle

    Wynne was asked by his editor to create a new "mental exercise" for the "Fun" section of the New York World, so Wynne recalled a puzzle from his childhood called "Magic Squares," in which a given group of words had to be arranged so their letters would read the same way across and down.