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Aaron, Dan at his retirement party flanked by full-size cutout photos of Comcast co-founders Ralph Roberts and Julian Brodsky, 1991

Dan Aaron at his retirement party flanked by full-size cutout photos of Comcast co-founders Ralph Roberts (left) and Julian Brodsky,…

Aaron, Daniel

A cofounder, president, and CEO of the Comcast cable empire, Daniel Aaron emigrated with his family to the United States in 1937.

Aaron, Daniel article in "Philadelphia Bulletin"

Daniel Aaron, “Ill Wind Blows Strong For TV Antenna Firm,” Philadelphia Bulletin, March 13, 1955

Amplifier installation on pole, 1957

Amplifier installation on pole, 1957

Bloede, Victor Gustav

Between his birth in Germany and his death eighty-eight years later in Catonsville, Maryland, Victor Bloede became an eminent chemist and the proprietor of his flagship enterprise, the Baltimore-based Victor G. Bloede Company. Bloede was a real-estate developer, a banker, the founder of a construction company, a gentleman farmer, an advocate for issues of public concern, and a generous philanthropist.

Bloede’s Dam on the Patapsco River near Ilchester, MD, ca. 1907

Photograph of Bloede’s Dam on the Patapsco River near Ilchester, Maryland. Photograph by News American. Publisher: Jacques Kelly, c. 1907.

Comcast ad, 1980s

Comcast ad, 1980s

Comcast goes public, 1972

Comcast goes public, 1972

Comcast screenshot, 1980s

Comcast screenshot, 1980s

Downs Collection, 1892-1946

Created By: Schenectady Museum Archive

Electricity-generating turbines inside Bloede’s Dam on the Patapsco River near Ilchester, MD

Electricity-generating turbines inside Bloede’s Dam on the Patapsco River near Ilchester, Maryland. Publisher: Patapsco State Park, 1907.

Entrance to Power-Station No. 3

Entrance to Power-Station No. 3. From Elbert Hummard, Power or The Study of Niagara Falls (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1914),…

Forebay, Power-Station No. 3

Forebay, Power-Station No. 3. From Elbert Hummard, Power or The Study of Niagara Falls (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1914), n.p.

Generator Room, Power-Station No. 3

Generator Room, Power-Station No. 3. From Elbert Hummard, Power or The Study of Niagara Falls (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1914),…

Henry J. Kaiser, American Empire Builder: An Insider’s View

Created By: Heiner, Albert P Publisher: New York: P. Lang, 1989

Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West

Created By: Foster, Mark S Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1989

Hoover Dam, view from above

Hoover Dam, view from above

Jerrold headend equipment in use, 1960s

Jerrold headend equipment in use, 1960s

Meadville Master Antenna ladder truck, ca. 1960

Meadville Master Antenna ladder truck, ca. 1960

Miller, Henry

Henry Miller immigrated to the United States in 1847. After building up a thriving butcher business in San Francisco, he engaged in cattle rearing and farming, invested heavily in irrigation systems, and formed a partnership with fellow German immigrant Charles Lux in 1858. By the end of the nineteenth century Miller & Lux had become America’s largest integrated cattle and meatpacking enterprise, owning close to 1.3 million acres of land in California, Nevada, and Oregon.

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