Manufacturing

  • DuPont

    DuPont

    Was the key person in making gunpowder and then opening an extremely successful powder company
  • Colgate

    Colgate

    The toothpaste Colgate wasn’t actually started off as a toothpaste company. At first they sold candles and flowers.
  • Pfaltzgraff Family

    Pfaltzgraff Family

    This family was the creator of a major plastic ware company that is still around today
  • Samuel osgood

    Samuel osgood

    Was a founder of the citigroup bank and the manager with started with 2 million and grew to the biggest bank in the nation.
  • Eliphalet Remington

    Eliphalet Remington

    Remington brand firearms mostly know for their handguns was first grown popular because of their typewriters
  • Brothers James and John Harper

    Brothers James and John Harper

    They started their company with the name J&J then two more brothers joined and they changed their name to harper and brothers and soon began pinlishing national news papers
  • John and Henry Pearce

    John and Henry Pearce

    Atkins & Pearce has played a part in history, including retooling operations during economic disruptions due to the Civil War and manufacturing parachute cords and materials during World War II.
  • Brooks brothers

    Brooks brothers

    These brothers started the oldest clothing retailer in America
  • Rowland Hussey Macy

    Rowland Hussey Macy

    Rowland Hussey Macy started with four dry goods stores in 1843 and opened the original Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts.
  • Jacob Best

    Jacob Best

    his daughter's husband, Frederick Pabst, took over and changed the name. For more than 200 years, Pabst Blue Ribbon has been the brewery's most famous beer.
  • At&T

    At&T

    AT&T is used by many people nowadays, it helps kids and families watch shows and movies.
  • Foot locker

    Foot locker

    Foot locker is used by many high schoolers like me. They have a huge variety of shoes and a good place for you to look for shoes!!
  • Shoe company

    Shoe company

    Edward green shoes
    This was one of the first stores to make shoes
  • Cleaning supplies

    Cleaning supplies

    The vacuum cleaner was made to help people clean there houses back in the day. Now they are the biggest thing in the cleaning industry.
  • Ford

    Ford

    This was one of the biggest times in history, the model T was invented and that’s when transportation changed in the U.S.
  • J.C. Penny

    J.C. Penny

    This is one of the most popular shops that an girl or mother would shop at. They have nice clothes and makeup!
  • Hearing aids

    Hearing aids

    Hearing aids are used in todays world very much, people are very thankful for them. They help a lot of people through hearing problems
  • Movies

    Movies

    The first movie that had talking with it was officially made way later after the movies were in theatres.
  • Disease

    Disease

    The disease iron lungs first case was unknown for a long time. It’s also known as penicillin.
  • Dollar General

    Dollar General

    This is one of the small amount of stores In Clarinda, so it is very helpful that it was invented.
  • Credit cards

    Credit cards

    Credit cards are used by mostly everyone in todays world. They are a big deal for a lot of people.
  • D.D.

    D.D.

    Dunkin’ Donuts has probably the best donuts and coffee around here.
  • Math

    Math

    The calculator was invented way earlier in like 1900s but the portable calculator was way after that. Most people use the portable calculator nowadays .
  • Jonathan ive

    Jonathan ive

    Creator of apple, the most famous technological company
  • Cell phones

    Cell phones

    Cell phones feel like they have been around forever. But in reality they were just invented not that long ago.
  • Electric washing machine

    Electric washing machine

    The first electric washing machine was very popular