Bromme, Traugott

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• Date Created2015-02-11 12:09:47
• Coverage1802-1866
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• Article TitleTraugott Bromme
• Page TitleTraugott Bromme
• Short TitleTraugott Bromme
• Index TitleBromme, Traugott
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• Page DescriptionTraugott Bromme sought to further German immigration to the United States both as a public advocate and as an entrepreneurial author and book seller. Realizing that there was a market for guides that German immigrants could use to help orient themselves in their adopted land, he leveraged the first-hand knowledge that he had acquired living and traveling throughout North America, and his general knowledge of the region acquired through other sources, to provide a valuable service to Germans who were trying to escape poor economic or political circumstances in their homeland.
• TeaserTraugott Bromme sought to further German immigration to the United States both as a public advocate and as an entrepreneurial author and book seller. Realizing that there was a market for guides that German immigrants could use to help orient themselves in their adopted land, he leveraged the first-hand knowledge that he had acquired living and traveling throughout North America, and his general knowledge of the region acquired through other sources, to provide a valuable service to Germans who were trying to escape poor economic or political circumstances in their homeland.
• TermsA-Z, B, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, Migration, Publishing and Media, The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893,
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Bronner, Emanuel

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• Date Created2012-12-14 06:41:10
• Coverage1908-1997
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• Article TitleEmanuel Bronner
• Page TitleEmanuel Bronner
• Short TitleEmanuel Bronner
• Index TitleBronner, Emanuel
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• TeaserEmanuel Bronner was a pioneer of natural cosmetics. Coming from a traditional German soap maker family, he founded Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps in 1948. While the business remained small in terms of turnover and profits, its liquid peppermint soap was one of the first all-natural products available on the post-World War II American market.
• TermsA-Z, B, Biographies, Cosmetics, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, German-Jewish, Inventors, Nazi Germany, Pacific West,
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Brune, Frederick W.

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• Date Created2012-07-13 11:40:12
• Coverage1776-1860
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• Article TitleFrederick W. Brune
• Page TitleFrederick W. Brune
• Short TitleFrederick W. Brune
• Index TitleBrune, Frederick W.
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• Page DescriptionFrederick W. Brune was one of the most prominent merchants in Baltimore's history. Brune immigrated to Baltimore from Bremen in 1799 and worked as a partner in the merchant house of Von Kapff & Brune, which was later renamed F.W. Brune & Sons.
• TeaserFrederick W. Brune was one of the most prominent merchants in Baltimore's history. Brune immigrated to Baltimore from Bremen in 1799 and worked as a partner in the merchant house of Von Kapff & Brune, which was later renamed F.W. Brune & Sons.
• TermsA-Z, B, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Colonial Economy to Early Industrialization, 1720-1840, Import and Export, Mid-Atlantic, Protestant, Trading,
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Busch, Adolphus

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• Date Created2013-04-30 16:12:39
• Coverage1839-1913
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• Article TitleAdolphus Busch
• Page TitleAdolphus Busch
• Short TitleAdolphus Busch
• Index TitleBusch, Adolphus
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• Page Description
• TeaserAdolphus Busch arrived in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1857 as an unknown immigrant from German-speaking Europe. After partnering with Eberhard Anheuser in an existing brewery in 1865, Busch transformed the operation, eventually known as the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, into the largest brewery in the world within a quarter of a century.
• TermsA-Z, B, Biographies, Brewing, Encyclopedia, Entries, Featured Entries, First Generation, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, Midwest, Protestant, The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893,
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Business of Migration since 1815

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• Date Created2016-08-25 07:58:03
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• Article TitleThe Business of Migration since 1815
• Page TitleThe Business of Migration since 1815
• Short TitleThe Business of Migration since 1815
• Index TitleBusiness of Migration since 1815
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• Page DescriptionMillions of American immigrants, who worked in business or started new businesses of their own, also used businesses in order to reach America in the first place. Before the mid nineteenth century advent of the telegraph, railroad and steamship, this migration usually relied on the services of multiple businesses and intermediaries in order to carry out long multi-stage journeys across land and ocean. In the modern “global village,” interconnected by widely available fast air travel, key services needed by international migrants are also generally dispersed across multiple businesses, often related mainly to surmounting and adapting to legal restrictions. In between, during late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the business of migration was concentrated mainly on the crossing of the North Atlantic. Mass transatlantic migration then became the core segment of the world’s first major intercontinental travel industry, a business in which large German shipping lines played a leading role. Within a longer term context, this essay emphasizes that middle epoch of commercially-provided physical relocation from Europe to the United States, and also includes a sub-focus on entrepreneurship of German origin.
• TeaserMillions of American immigrants, who worked in business or started new businesses of their own, also used businesses in order to reach America in the first place. Before the mid nineteenth century advent of the telegraph, railroad and steamship, this migration usually relied on the services of multiple businesses and intermediaries in order to carry out long multi-stage journeys across land and ocean. In the modern “global village,” interconnected by widely available fast air travel, key services needed by international migrants are also generally dispersed across multiple businesses, often related mainly to surmounting and adapting to legal restrictions. In between, during late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the business of migration was concentrated mainly on the crossing of the North Atlantic. Mass transatlantic migration then became the core segment of the world’s first major intercontinental travel industry, a business in which large German shipping lines played a leading role. Within a longer term context, this essay emphasizes that middle epoch of commercially-provided physical relocation from Europe to the United States, and also includes a sub-focus on entrepreneurship of German origin.
• TermsA-Z, B, Encyclopedia, Entries, From the Colonial Economy to Early Industrialization, 1720-1840, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, Migration, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945, The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893, Thematic Essays, Transfers, Transportation,
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Carus, Marianne

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• Date Created2011-06-08 10:00:43
• Coverage1928-2021
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• Article TitleMarianne Carus
• Page TitleMarianne Carus
• Short TitleMarianne Carus
• Index TitleCarus, Marianne
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• Page Description
• TeaserMarianne Carus is the founder of Cricket magazine for children and young adults. Building on her success with Cricket, Carus managed to create a new niche market for children’s literary magazines in the United States, eventually launching four more magazines aimed at different age groups.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entries, Female Entrepreneurs, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, Publishing and Media,
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Carus, Mary Hegeler

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• Date Created2012-06-13 07:18:30
• Coverage1861-1936
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• Article TitleMary Hegeler Carus
• Page TitleMary Hegeler Carus
• Short TitleMary Hegeler Carus
• Index TitleCarus, Mary Hegeler
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• Page DescriptionBorn on the grounds of her father’s zinc factory, Mary Hegeler Carus took the unusual step for a woman of her time period in pursuing a college career and going on to advanced study in engineering. She then took on the responsibility of running her family’s business, the Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company, resisting the efforts of her siblings to sell the company to outsiders.
• TeaserBorn on the grounds of her father’s zinc factory, Mary Hegeler Carus took the unusual step for a woman of her time period in pursuing a college career and going on to advanced study in engineering. She then took on the responsibility of running her family’s business, the Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company, resisting the efforts of her siblings to sell the company to outsiders.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entries, Female Entrepreneurs, Manufacturing, Midwest, Mining and Minerals, Protestant, Second Generation, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945,
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Chorengel, Bernd

• Slugbernd-chorengel
• Date Created2011-06-08 10:02:28
• Coverage1944-
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• Article TitleBernd Chorengel
• Page TitleBernd Chorengel
• Short TitleBernd Chorengel
• Index TitleChorengel, Bernd
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• Page Description
• TeaserThe youngest person ever appointed to the presidency of a major international hotel chain (Hyatt International Corporation), Bernd Chorengel exemplifies the contemporary nomadic management class: beginning in Germany, working in Southeast Asia and London, and finally settling in Chicago. Chorengel’s work for Hyatt grew the chain to more than one hundred hotels in over forty countries, as well as introducing numerous iconic hotels along the way.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, Hospitality Industry, Midwest, Protestant,
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Christ, Rudolph

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• Date Created2015-03-10 10:25:35
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• Article TitleGottfried Aust (1722-1788) and Rudolph Christ (1750-1833): Moravian Potters in North Carolina
• Page TitleGottfried Aust (1722-1788) and Rudolph Christ (1750-1833): Moravian Potters in North Carolina
• Short TitleRudolph Christ
• Index TitleRudolph Christ
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• Page Description
• Teaser
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Cohn, Harry

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• Date Created2011-09-22 08:26:25
• Coverage1891-1958
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• Article TitleHarry Cohn: Man, Mogul, and Myth
• Page TitleHarry Cohn: Man, Mogul, and Myth
• Short TitleHarry Cohn
• Index TitleCohn, Harry
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• Page DescriptionA Hollywood mogul, Harry Cohn founded Columbia Pictures and ran the studio for nearly four decades. Under his watch, Columbia grew quickly, earning a reputation for profitability and artistic achievement within the film community.
• TeaserA Hollywood mogul, Harry Cohn founded Columbia Pictures and ran the studio for nearly four decades. Under his watch, Columbia grew quickly, earning a reputation for profitability and artistic achievement within the film community.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entertainment Industry, Entries, German-Jewish, Pacific West, Second Generation, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945,
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Cone, Moses Herman

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• Date Created2015-02-02 10:18:43
• Coverage1856-1908
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• Article TitleMoses Herman Cone
• Page TitleMoses Herman Cone
• Short TitleMoses Herman Cone
• Index TitleCone, Moses Herman
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• Page Description
• TeaserA second-generation German-American, Moses Cone began his career as a travelling salesman, or “drummer,” for his father’s Baltimore dry goods business. His customers included Southern mill owners who taught him much about the textile industry. Moses Cone eventually used this knowledge to break into the industry himself, first by securing ownerships stakes in various Southern mills, then by founding Cone Export & Commission Co., and finally by building his own mills in Greensboro, North Carolina. By 1908, the year of his death, Moses Cone and his brother Ceasar led the world in denim production.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entries, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, German-Jewish, Mid-Atlantic, Retail, Second Generation, Southeast, Textiles,
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Cramer Sachs, Charlotte

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• Date Created2013-10-07 13:46:39
• Coverage1907-2004
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• Article TitleCharlotte Cramer Sachs
• Page TitleCharlotte Cramer Sachs
• Short TitleCharlotte Cramer Sachs
• Index TitleCramer Sachs, Charlotte
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• Page DescriptionCharlotte Cramer Sachs was an artist, inventor, entrepreneur, food and wine enthusiast, and an early developer of prepared cake and muffin mixes. Her company Cramer Products Company pioneered the manufacture and distribution of many types of prepared food mixes under the brand Joy Prepared Mixes.
• TeaserCharlotte Cramer Sachs was an artist, inventor, entrepreneur, food and wine enthusiast, and an early developer of prepared cake and muffin mixes. Her company Cramer Products Company pioneered the manufacture and distribution of many types of prepared food mixes under the brand Joy Prepared Mixes.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, C, Encyclopedia, Entries, Female Entrepreneurs, First Generation, Food and Food Processing, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, German-Jewish, Inventors,
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DeHaan, Christel

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• Date Created2011-06-08 10:01:01
• Coverage1942 - 2020
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• Article TitleChristel DeHaan
• Page TitleChristel DeHaan
• Short TitleChristel DeHaan
• Index TitleDeHaan, Christel
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• Page Description
• TeaserAlthough she grew up struggling in post World War II Germany, in 1996 Christel DeHaan became one of the wealthiest women in the United States when, at the age of fifty-four, she sold her company Resort Condominiums International (RCI) for $825 million.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Encyclopedia, Entries, Female Entrepreneurs, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, Philanthropy, Real Estate, Tourism,
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Demuth, Christopher

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• Date Created2012-10-10 15:04:14
• Coverage1738-1818
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• Article TitleChristopher Demuth
• Page TitleChristopher Demuth
• Short TitleChristopher Demuth
• Index TitleDemuth, Christopher
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• Page DescriptionChristopher Demuth was a tobacconist whose business — Demuth’s Tobacco Shop — operated for over two centuries at the same location in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• TeaserChristopher Demuth was a tobacconist whose business — Demuth’s Tobacco Shop — operated for over two centuries at the same location in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Encyclopedia, Entries, From the Colonial Economy to Early Industrialization, 1720-1840, Mid-Atlantic, Protestant, Retail, Second Generation,
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DeVry, Herman

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• Date Created2011-06-08 09:56:24
• Coverage1876-1941
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• Article TitleHerman Adolf DeVry
• Page TitleHerman Adolf DeVry
• Short TitleHerman Adolf DeVry
• Index TitleDeVry, Herman
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• Page Description
• TeaserHerman Adolf DeVry was an inventor and manufacturer of cameras and portable projectors who eventually found fame and fortune as one of the leaders in the area of career-based education.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Education, Encyclopedia, Entertainment Industry, Entries, First Generation, Midwest, Optics and Photography, Service Industry, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945,
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Dickert, Jacob

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• Date Created2013-11-07 20:00:52
• Coverage1740-1822
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• Article TitleJacob Dickert
• Page TitleJacob Dickert
• Short TitleJacob Dickert
• Index TitleDickert, Jacob
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• Page DescriptionJacob Dickert was a leading gunsmith in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the center of early American rifle-making throughout the eighteenth century. Over his long career, which extended from the French and Indian War to the War of 1812, Dickert helped transform Lancaster’s scattered, independent, small-scale gunmakers into a coordinated industry that could fulfill enormous government contracts and petition Congress for trade protection.
• TeaserJacob Dickert was a leading gunsmith in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the center of early American rifle-making throughout the eighteenth century. Over his long career, which extended from the French and Indian War to the War of 1812, Dickert helped transform Lancaster’s scattered, independent, small-scale gunmakers into a coordinated industry that could fulfill enormous government contracts and petition Congress for trade protection.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Colonial Economy to Early Industrialization, 1720-1840, Manufacturing, Mid-Atlantic, Protestant, Weapons,
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Dohrmann, Frederick William

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• Date Created2015-06-04 09:35:25
• Coverage1842-1914
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• Article TitleFrederick William Dohrmann
• Page TitleFrederick William Dohrmann
• Short TitleFrederick William Dohrmann
• Index TitleDohrmann, Frederick William
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• Page Description
• TeaserFrederick Dohrmann began his merchandizing career in San Francisco in 1868 as a partner with Bernhard Nathan in a crockery business. Over the next thirty-seven years, he expanded the business to create the Dohrmann Commercial Company, specializing in wholesale and retail sales of china, crystal, flatware, lamps, and fine “art goods.” F.W. Dohrmann also worked tirelessly for the betterment of San Francisco through German and non-German philanthropic boards and associations, and was one of the founders of the Merchants Association of San Francisco.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, Hospitality Industry, Import and Export, Pacific West, Retail, The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893,
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Duesenberg, August S.

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• Date Created2014-03-31 12:20:29
• Coverage1879-1955
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• Article TitleAugust S. Duesenberg
• Page TitleAugust S. Duesenberg
• Short TitleAugust S. Duesenberg
• Index TitleDuesenberg, August S.
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Duesenberg, Frederick S.

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• Date Created2014-03-31 12:19:49
• Coverage1876-1932
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• Article TitleFrederick S. Duesenberg
• Page TitleFrederick S. Duesenberg
• Short TitleFrederick S. Duesenberg
• Index TitleDuesenberg, Frederick S.
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• Page DescriptionThe founders of Duesenberg Automobiles and Motors Company, Frederick S. and August S. Duesenberg immigrated to the United States at a young age and settled in Iowa with their parents and siblings. Drawn to racing, they would eventually relocate to Indianapolis, where they would become known in the 1920s and 1930s for producing cars with luxurious interiors, powerful engines, and impressive speeds on the race-track.
• TeaserThe founders of Duesenberg Automobiles and Motors Company, Frederick S. and August S. Duesenberg immigrated to the United States at a young age and settled in Iowa with their parents and siblings. Drawn to racing, they would eventually relocate to Indianapolis, where they would become known in the 1920s and 1930s for producing cars with luxurious interiors, powerful engines, and impressive speeds on the race-track.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, D, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, Midwest, Transportation,
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Enoch, Kurt

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• Date Created2016-03-30 14:55:45
• Coverage1895-1982
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• Article TitleKurt Enoch - Refugee and Paperback Pioneer
• Page TitleKurt Enoch - Refugee and Paperback Pioneer
• Short TitleEnoch, Kurt
• Index TitleEnoch, Kurt
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• Page Description
• TeaserKurt Enoch grew up in Hamburg as one of three children to liberal progressive Jewish parents who owned a Hamburg-based printing plant. Following the rise of National Socialism in Germany, Kurt Enoch immigrated to France, England, and then the United States continuing his career as a publisher at each stop. An innovator in the publishing field, Kurt Enoch helped introduce changes such as sleeker formats, updated designs, and a thoughtful, strategic marketing of his books made Enoch a major transformer and pioneer of the paperback publishing business with his influence showing in the trade until today.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, E, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, German-Jewish, Mid-Atlantic, Publishing and Media,
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Erlanger, Abraham Lincoln

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• Date Created2013-10-29 10:10:45
• Coverage1859-1930
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• Article TitleAbraham Lincoln Erlanger
• Page TitleAbraham Lincoln Erlanger
• Short TitleAbraham Lincoln Erlanger
• Index TitleErlanger, Abraham Lincoln
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Esslinger, Hartmut

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• Date Created2015-03-27 14:41:57
• Coverage1944-
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• Article TitleHartmut Esslinger
• Page TitleHartmut Esslinger
• Short TitleHartmut Esslinger
• Index TitleEsslinger, Hartmut
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• Page DescriptionHartmut Heinrich Esslinger is one of the world’s leading industrial designers and the former head of frog design. In 1969, he founded esslinger design, which was based in Altensteig until 2010. The firm was renamed frogdesign in 1982 upon Esslinger’s move to California to work for Steve Jobs and Apple Computer as the lead designer for Apple’s “Snow White” design language. Over a career spanning more than forty years, Esslinger worked with firms in diverse fields of industry and technology. His innovative approach to design refined Louis Sullivan’s classic motto of “form follows function” into frog’s slogan of “form follows emotion,” pioneering a global design philosophy, especially to electronics, that sought a comprehensive approach to both the aesthetics and functionality of industrial design.
• TeaserHartmut Heinrich Esslinger is one of the world’s leading industrial designers and the former head of frog design. In 1969, he founded esslinger design, which was based in Altensteig until 2010. The firm was renamed frogdesign in 1982 upon Esslinger’s move to California to work for Steve Jobs and Apple Computer as the lead designer for Apple’s “Snow White” design language. Over a career spanning more than forty years, Esslinger worked with firms in diverse fields of industry and technology. His innovative approach to design refined Louis Sullivan’s classic motto of “form follows function” into frog’s slogan of “form follows emotion,” pioneering a global design philosophy, especially to electronics, that sought a comprehensive approach to both the aesthetics and functionality of industrial design.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Computers, Internet, and Software, E, Electronics, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, Industrial Design, Pacific West, Protestant,
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Expulsion – Plunder – Flight: Businessmen and Emigration from Nazi Germany

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• Date Created2013-09-23 17:27:58
• Coverage1933-1939
• Role
• Article TitleExpulsion – Plunder – Flight: Businessmen and Emigration from Nazi Germany
• Page TitleExpulsion – Plunder – Flight: Businessmen and Emigration from Nazi Germany
• Short TitleExpulsion – Plunder – Flight: Businessmen and Emigration from Nazi Germany
• Index TitleExpulsion – Plunder – Flight: Businessmen and Emigration from Nazi Germany
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• Page Description
• TeaserA defining feature of political and social developments under National Socialist rule between 1933 and 1945 was the forced emigration of tens of thousands of Germans. After being deprived of their rights and dispossessed, they tried to escape persecution and annihilation by fleeing from the Third Reich. While the origins and circumstances of emigration from the Reich after 1933 are among the most intensively researched questions in German history, the fate of businessmen in the context of this emigration has received relatively little attention.
• TermsA-Z, Citizenship, Encyclopedia, Entries, German-Jewish, J, Migration, Nazi Germany, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945, Thematic Essays,
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Fey, Augustinus Jospehus

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• Date Created2012-10-15 09:01:07
• Coverage1862-1944
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• Article TitleAugustinus Jospehus Fey
• Page TitleAugustinus Jospehus Fey
• Short TitleAugustinus Jospehus Fey
• Index TitleFey, Augustinus Jospehus
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• Page Description
• Teaser
• TermsA-Z, Also Known As, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, F,
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Fey, Charles August

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• Date Created2011-06-08 09:50:10
• Coverage1862-1944
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• Article TitleCharles August Fey
• Page TitleCharles August Fey
• Short TitleCharles August Fey
• Index TitleFey, Charles August
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• Page DescriptionOver the course of a successful career, Charles August Fey made significant contributions to the development of America’s gaming industry. He is remembered today as the creator of the modern slot machine and as the “Thomas Edison of slots.”
• TeaserOver the course of a successful career, Charles August Fey made significant contributions to the development of America’s gaming industry. He is remembered today as the creator of the modern slot machine and as the “Thomas Edison of slots.”
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entertainment Industry, Entries, F, First Generation, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, Illicit Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Pacific West,
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Filene, Edward Albert

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• Date Created2011-06-08 09:51:30
• Coverage1860-1937
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• Article TitleEdward Albert Filene
• Page TitleEdward Albert Filene
• Short TitleEdward Albert Filene
• Index TitleFilene, Edward Albert
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• Page Description
• TeaserEdward Albert Filene was a renowned department store magnate, civic reformer, and one of the earliest and most zealous champions of the credit union movement in the United States. Along with his younger brother Lincoln, Edward operated the famous Boston-based department store Filene’s, which they took over from their father, William, in 1891. During the first half of the twentieth century, Filene’s became one of the largest and most successful retail stores in the country, rivaling several of the premier retailers of the period, including Macy’s and Sears & Roebuck.
• TermsA-Z, Banking and Finance, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, F, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, German-Jewish, New England, Philanthropy and Social Advocacy, Retail, Second Generation,
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Fink, Albert

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• Date Created2011-06-08 09:29:05
• Coverage1827-1897
• Role
• Article TitleAlbert Fink
• Page TitleAlbert Fink
• Short TitleAlbert Fink
• Index TitleFink, Albert
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• Page DescriptionAfter emigrating to America in 1849, Albert Fink got his start as an engineer at two successful railroads, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Louisville & Nashville. However, it was his role in the creation of two major railway pools the Southern Railway and Steamship Association and later the New York-based Trunk Line Association where he truly made his mark as an "organizational entrepreneur."
• TeaserAfter emigrating to America in 1849, Albert Fink got his start as an engineer at two successful railroads, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Louisville & Nashville. However, it was his role in the creation of two major railway pools the Southern Railway and Steamship Association and later the New York-based Trunk Line Association where he truly made his mark as an "organizational entrepreneur."
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Engineering and Architecture, Entries, F, First Generation, Mid-Atlantic, Protestant, The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893, Transportation,
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Frank, Werner

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• Date Created2013-05-30 11:17:21
• Coverage1929-
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• Article TitleWerner Frank
• Page TitleWerner Frank
• Short TitleWerner Frank
• Index TitleFrank, Werner
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• Page Description
• TeaserWerner L. Frank was a pioneering figure and longtime contributor to the United States and international computer industry. After being exposed to the young field of digital computing in the U.S. Army and studying it in college, Frank went on to co-found Informatics, one of the path-breaking early producers of software products in the 1960s.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Computer and Software, Electronics, Encyclopedia, Entries, F, First Generation, From the Postwar Boom to Global Capitalism, 1945-Today, German-Jewish, Mid-Atlantic,
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Fruehauf, August ‘Gus’ Charles

• Slugaugust-gus-charles-fruehauf
• Date Created2015-10-27 15:08:06
• Coverage1867-1930
• Role
• Article TitleAugust ‘Gus’ Charles Fruehauf
• Page TitleAugust ‘Gus’ Charles Fruehauf
• Short TitleAugust ‘Gus’ Charles Fruehauf
• Index TitleFruehauf, August ‘Gus’ Charles
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• Page DescriptionAugust Charles Fruehauf's story and invention of the truck trailer is an integral part of the nation's transportation history in the last century. The Fruehauf Trailer Company facilitated the growth of continental transportation as a viable alternative to rail that brought efficient transportation from the farmer's gate and the factory's loading door.
• TeaserAugust Charles Fruehauf's story and invention of the truck trailer is an integral part of the nation's transportation history in the last century. The Fruehauf Trailer Company facilitated the growth of continental transportation as a viable alternative to rail that brought efficient transportation from the farmer's gate and the factory's loading door.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, F, Midwest, Protestant, Second Generation, The Age of the World Wars, 1918-1945, Transportation,
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Gaertner, William

• Slugwilliam-gaertner
• Date Created2013-03-06 13:58:42
• Coverage1864-1948
• Role
• Article TitleWilliam Gaertner
• Page TitleWilliam Gaertner
• Short TitleWilliam Gaertner
• Index TitleGaertner, William
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• TeaserWilliam Gaertner, a first-generation German immigrant, is remembered as a pioneer of the scientific instrument industry in the United States.
• TermsA-Z, Biographies, Encyclopedia, Entries, First Generation, From the End of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1893-1918, G, Manufacturing, Midwest,
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