Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kellogg, Gerber. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s take a look at the men behind the names we see on our desks and around the office...
Included are mini biographies of the founders of:
Bic Pens
Dennison Labels
Eberhard Faber Pencils
Hewlett Packard Computers
Kelly Girl
Mead Paper
Otis Elevators
Parker Pens
Pitney Bowes
Remington Typewriters
Smith Corona Typewriters