CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY - Old Time Radio - 1 mp3 CD-ROM - 52 Shows. Total Playtime: 9:50:09 (Old Time Radio, Drama Series)
Captains of Industry was envisioned as an inspirational, uplifting and public relations vehicle as all of North America recovered from The Great Depression. Recorded in the early 1930s by Atlas Radio Corporation of Canada, the transcribed canon comprised fifty-two biographical dramatizations of the more noteworthy industrialists and philanthropists of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Atlas Radio Corporation was founded in 1921 by David Louis Harris, a Jewish immigrant who became one of the pioneering radio, television and electronics manufacturers throughout Canada and The United States. Captains of Industry, recorded in a 15-minute format, emphasized the entrepreneurial spirit, drive, and philanthropic work which characterized each of the fifty-two subjects of the series. Opening with the story of railroad and steel industrialist--and noted philanthropist--Andrew Carnegie, the series went on the spotlight the era's most important movers and shakers of their respective industries: Here a partial list George Westinghouse [Electrical Industry] Joseph Pulitzer [Publishing Industry] Cornelius Vanderbilt [Shipping and Railroad Industries] Leland Stanford [Mercantile and Railroad Industries] John Jacob Astor [Fur Trading, Real Estate and Opium] Cyrus McCormick [Inventor and Agricultural Industry] Charles Lewis Tiffany [Jewelry Trade] 'Diamond Jim' Brady [Railroad Industry] Frank W Woolworth [Mercantile Industry] James Jerome Hill [Canadian-American Railroad Industry] James Eads [Inventor and Salvage Industry] Robert Dollar [Lumber and Shipping Industries] Marshall Field [Mercantile Industry] George Pullman [Inventor and Railroad Industry] Cyrus H. K. Curtis [Publishing Industry] Frederick Weyerhaeuser [Lumber Industry] The Studebaker Brothers [Automotive Industry] George Eastman [Inventor] William Wrigley Jr. [Chewing Gum Industry] Klaus Spreckles [Sugar Industry] J. Pierpont Morgan [Banking and Finance Industries] Text from Digital Deli
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