Category: Business
“Welfare Capitalism”
On this day in 1914, Henry Ford announces a revolutionary wage scale of $5 per day, and reduces shifts from nine to eight hours. Against…
Disneyland from Black Sunday to World Entertainment
On this day in 1955, Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens in grand and comic style. The $17 million theme park…
Ford’s First Model A Is Ordered
On this day in 1903, the newly-minted Ford Motor Company takes its first order from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning: an $850 two-cylinder Model A (original)…
The Model T or Tin Lizzie
On this day in 1926, Henry and Edsel Ford roll the last production Model T off the line at the Highland Park assembly plant, the…
The Enduring Blue Jeans are Born
On this day in 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are awarded a patent to create work pants reinforced…
Model A to Today
On this day in 1903, the newly formed Ford Motor Company takes its first order from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning: an $850 two-cylinder Model A…
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