Original Boeing logo

In March 1910 William E. Boeing (above) bought Heath’s shipyard located on
the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington. This location later became his first
airplane factory. It was incorporated by Boeing on July 15, 1916, as “Pacific Aero Products”. On May 9, 1917, the company became the “Boeing Airplane Company”.

William Boeing originally worked in the timber industry, where he acquired his wealth
and knowledge about wooden structures which would prove invaluable in the design
and assembly of his airplanes.

The company stayed in Seattle, taking advantage of the local supply of Spruce  
wood. Many of Boeing’s early planes were seaplanes built and assembled in the 
lakeside hanger located in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood. 

Replica of Boeing’s first plane, the Boeing Model 1, at the Museum of Flight at King County international Airport/Boeing Field in Tukwila, Washington, south of Seattle.

The first production Corvette rolls off the small assembly line at Chevrolet Plant 35   
near Flint, Michigan on June 30, 1953. Assembly line worker Tony Kleiber (above)
had the honor of driving the first Corvette off the assembly line. It reportedly sold for
$3,250.

 CBS Laboratories worked with a team at Columbia Records to develop a
phonograph record that would hold at least 20 minutes of music per side. The
research began in 1941, was suspended during World War II, and then resumed
in 1945 Columbia Records unveiled the LP at a press conference in the Waldorf
Astoria on June 19, 1948 in two formats: 10 inch in diameter, matching that of 78
rpm singles, and 12 inch in diameter. The first catalogue number for a ten-inch LP,
CL 6001, was a reissue of the Frank Sinatra 78 rpm album set The Voice of Frank Sinatra; the first catalogue number for a twelve-inch LP, ML 4001 (above), was
the Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64, played
by Nathan Milstein with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Bruno Walter. These two albums are considered to be the
first long-players.

(Original IBM logo)

International Business Machines (IBM) is headquartered in Armonk, New York
and manufactures and sells computer hardware and software. It also offers
infrastructure, hosting and consulting services. IBM was founded in 1911
as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation thorough the merger
of four companies. CTR adopted the name International Business Machines
in 1924. Fortune ranked IBM the 18th largest firm in the United States, as
well as the 7th most profitable.

Thomas J. Watson led IBM from 1914-1956.