On February 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first
all-Black professional basketball team, was organized.
The Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one
of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s.
Robert L. Douglas (1882 – 1979)
Nicknamed the "Father of Black
Professional Basketball", Douglas
owned and coached the Rens from
1923 to 1949, guiding them to a
2,318-381 record.
The Kraft Heinz Foods Company, formerly the H. J. Heinz
Company and commonly known as Heinz, is a food
processing company headquartered at One PPG Place
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded
by Henry J. Heinz in 1869.
Henry John Heinz (1844 – 1919)
On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life”
and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of
affairs as well as the belle.”
As a product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and
influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.
Publisher Condé Nast purchased Vogue in 1905, changing it
to focus almost entirely on women and fashion and creating
the first of its international editions (there are now over 20).
The magazine has remained popular and relevant ever since,
regularly featuring the work of world-famous models, writers
and photographers.
Arthur Baldwin Turnure(1856–1906)
Vogue, November 2024.
The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in
Ohio in 1915. It also established a major base in the United
Kingdom, where it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner
industry during most of the 20th century. The company has
headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
William Henry Hoover, founder of Hoover.
,
1910
CAMDEN, N.J. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) – One of the United States’
most iconic brands has changed its name.
Campbell’s Soup shareholders have officially approved a name
change for the iconic brand allowing the company to drop "Soup"
from its corporate title. The company will now be known as "The Campbell’s Company."
Leaders of the company explained that the decision reflects the
broader scope of Campbell’s offerings beyond soup.
The company said that there’s more to Campbell’s these days
than just soup, noting that soup now constitutes a smaller
portion of the company’s overall sales.
The company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell, a
fruit merchant from Bridgeton, New Jersey, and Abraham
Anderson, an icebox manufacturer from South Jersey.They
produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups,
condiments, and minced meats.
Joseph Albert Campbell
(1817 – 1900)
Entrance to Campbell’s headquarters in Camden, New Jersey
