US consumers spend $87 million annually on sporting goods and services (National Sporting Goods Association, 2008). Each year sporting goods manufacturers also spend millions of dollars creating innovative products for consumers looking to improve...
The trucking industry is the largest freight sector, making up about 70 percent of all domestic shipment in the United States and contributes greatly the American economy. About 10 billion tons of goods are shipped annually and of that, about...
Industrial efficiency; Industrial management; New products--Economic aspects
In today's market customers are increasingly demanding a greater number of options in the products they purchase. Offering products in greater variety helps industries cater to a wider range of customers. However, at the same time, this product...
Address: 903 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone street with trolley tracks runs in front of a building with a sign declaring it, "9th St. Public Warehouse." Other signs indicate a number of businesses using the building,...
It shall be the object of this investigation to measure the hydrogen ion concentration in lead acetate solutions and to apply the measurements to the control of color in the preparation of chrome yellow pigments. Lead acetate solutions of high...
John P. Morton & Co. Stationers - Printers - Office Outfitters, located at Main Street in Louisville Kentucky, viewed with a pedestrian and two cars parked in front. Sign at the top of the building: John P. Morton & Company, with 426 on...
Portrait of William C. Bittner of Louisville, Kentucky sitting at his desk, holding a piece of paper. Article attached to the back of photo: Louisville Leaders of Business and Industry in Their Offices; President G. Brittner's sons, Furniture...
Buildings; Commercial facilities; Industrial facilities; Clothing industry; Shoe industry
L. & R. Company Manufacturers of Louisville, Kentucky, billed as the "Home of Longwear Laces" on one of two signs on the building. The edifice is highest at the center of the roof. L & R Company, the president of which was Jacob...
Buildings; Commercial facilities; Automobile industry; Lumber industry
Mengel Body Company, Louisville, Kentucky, shown at the horizon of the photograph, with railroad tracks alongside it and a row of cars parked in font of the building. Mengel Body Company supplied wooden components to auto and other manufacturers....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Harvey E. Garrett of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing dark-framed glasses and a polka-dot bow tie. The photograph is cracked in a few places, missing bottom left corner and discolored yellow. Handwritten on back of image: Secretary of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of William E. Pilcher, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, with his hair slicked back. He was Vice President of Henry Pilcher's Sons, Incorporated (pipe organ manufacturers). The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape around his image and...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of William E. Pilcher, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his hair slicked back. He was Vice president of Henry Pilcher's Sons, Incorporated (pipe organ manufacturers). Crop marks frame his image, and the photograph has discolored from...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of William E. Pilcher, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a printed tie. He was Vice president of Henry Pilcher's Sons, Incorporated (pipe organ manufacturers). The photograph has been painted on, handwritten on by William Pilcher, Jr....
Poultry Building, Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "A roof-top view of one section of the State Fair grounds, with the new Poultry Building in the foreground, and with a glimpse of the Merchants and...
Location: Woodland Avenue and 40th Street. In 1908, Alfred S. Joseph received a commission to design the livestock pavilion for the new Kentucky State Fair Grounds. It was this work which allowed him to found, with his brother Oscar, Joseph &...
Buildings; Industry; Bouvier Buchu Gin & Specialty Company
Address: NE corner of 29th Street and Magazine Street. This two-toned manufacturing building has a sign reading, "Bouvier Specialty Co. / Manufacturers / Bouvier Buchu-Gin." Handwritten on back: Bouvier Buchu Gin / Specialty Co. / 29th +...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co. Printers, Binders and Blank Book Manufacturers," with printing press shown; narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co....
978 Swan Street, site of Eiler Brothers, manufacturers of barrels. The building, with stacks of barrels outside, is located by a bridge passing over a creek and drain basin.
Three views of downtown Louisville and the Portland neighborhood from a high perch looking over the roofs of buildings towards the Ohio River. Includes views of the Second Street Bridge, also known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge and...
