+ 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: 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] James Buchanan Duke [Tobacco and Power Industries] Adolph Simon Ochs [Publishing Industry] Milton S. Hershey [Confection Industry] Frank A. Munsey [Publishing Industry] Eleuthère Irénée du Pont [Chemical Industries] Elbert Henry Gary [Lawyer and Steel Industry] James Couzens [U.S. Senator and Banking and Automotive Industries] Edward Henry Harriman [Railroad Industry] Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin [Hospitality and Mining Industries] Mark Hanna [U. S. Senator and Shipping Industry] Philip Armour [Meatpacking Industry] John Hammond [Inventor and Radio Industry] Thomas Alva Edison [Inventor and Telecommunications Industry] John Davison Rockefeller [Petroleum Industry] King Camp Gillette [Inventor and Manufacturing Industry] Henry Clay Frick [Inventor and Manufacturing Industry] Theodore Newton Vail [Telecommunications Industry] Edward L. Doheny [Petroleum Industry] Julius Rosenwald [Mercantile and Manufacturing Industries] Otto Hermann Kahn [Banking and Finance Industries] John Henry Patterson [Manufacturing Industry] Jay Gould [Railroad Industry] Mark Hopkins, Jr. [Railroad Industry] Sidney Wilmot Winslow [Footwear Manufacturing Industry] John North Willys [Automotive Industry] Frank A Vanderlip [Banking Industry] Henry Flagler [Railroad and Real Estate Industries] John Wanamaker [U. S. Postmaster General and Mercantile and Advertising Industries] Phineas T Barnum [Entertainment Industry] William Andrews Clark, Sr. [Mining, Railroad and Banking Industries] Click here to read more about Captains Of Industry
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Please enjoy these 52 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.18.1978 | captains of industry (10) the story of frank w woolworth |
+Woolworth made a fortune, five cents at a time. He then built the tallest building in the world! Th... | |
| 01.16.1938 | captains of industry (52) the story of william andrews clark |
+Clark got the idea of traveling to Boise in the dead of winter to trade for a shipment of tobacco. ... | |
| 01.09.1938 | captains of industry (51) the story of phineas t. barnum |
+ Barnum conceived the idea of mass entertainment. Taking control of the "American Museum," he hired... | |
| 01.02.1938 | captains of industry (50) the story of john wanamaker |
+John Wannamaker vowed to open, "the biggest department store in the world." The program open and cl... | |
| 12.26.1937 | captains of industry (49) the story of henry flagler |
+Flagler was a failure at everything he tried, until he was 37 years old. Working for a store keeper... | |
| 12.12.1937 | captains of industry (47) the story of john north willys |
+Willys bought the Elmira Arms Company, became a bicycle distributor and then took over the American... | |
| 12.05.1937 | captains of industry (46) the story of sidney wilmot winslow |
+Winslow was known as, "The Czar Of Footwear." He founded the United Shoe Machine Company and was in... | |
| 11.28.1937 | captains of industry (45) the story of mark hopkins |
+Hopkins started during the gold rush as a merchant in California selling supplies to the miners. He... | |
| 09.12.1937 | captains of industry (34) the story of john hammond |
+ Hammond became an expert in gold mining, went to South Africa and led a revolt against the Boers. ... | |
| 08.26.1937 | captains of industry (33) the story of philip armour |
+Armour went to the California gold fields to build sluice boxes, and organized the famous meat pack... | |
| 08.19.1937 | captains of industry (32) the story of mark hanna |
+ Hanna his fists to ensure labor peace on his father's steamboat, became wealthy as a shipbuilder a... | |
| 08.12.1937 | captians of industry (31) the story of elias lucky j baldwin |
+Baldwin was a shrewd trader who made a fortune with the Comstock mine in Colorado. He loved horses ... | |
| 08.12.1937 | captains of industry (31) the story of elias lucky baldwin |
+ Baldwin was a shrewd trader who made a fortune with the Comstock mine in Colorado. He loved horses... | |
| 08.05.1937 | captains of industry (30) the story of edward henry harriman |
+Harriman was known as, "The wizard of the railroads." He became the director and president of the I... | |
| 07.29.1937 | captains of industry (29) the story of james couzens |
+Couzens started working on the Erie and Huron Railroad, met Thomas Edison, went into business with ... | |
| 07.24.1937 | captains of industry (24) the story of adolph simon ochs |
+ Ochs was a "printer's devil" in Chattanooga, Tennessee who eventually came to buy The New York Tim... | |
| 07.22.1937 | captains of industry (28) the story of e h gary |
+ Gary was an Illinois lawyer and judge who came to be the head of what would eventually become Unit... | |
| 07.15.1937 | captains of industry (27) the story of e i du pont |
+du Pont started the DuPont chemical company. It sounds like Hanley Stafford is in the cast (in two ... | |
| 07.08.1937 | captains of industry (26) the story of frank a. munsey |
+Munsey began a struggling weekly called, "The Argosy." Buying other magazines, businesses and newsp... | |
| 07.01.1937 | captains of industry (25) the story of milton hershey |
+Hershey was known as, "The Chocolate King." He turned $100 borrowed from his aunt into a famous can... | |
| 06.17.1937 | captains of industry (23) the story of james buchanan duke |
+Duke was a poor farm boy who was the first to make cigarettes by machine and to put them in boxes. ... | |
| 06.10.1937 | captains of industry (22) the story of j. pierpont morgan |
+Morgan went to work for his father's bank at the age of nineteen. Profiting during the Civil War, h... | |
| 06.03.1937 | captains of industry (21) the story of claus spreckles |
+Spreckles was a poor German immigrant who came to control most of the sugar industry on the west co... | |
| 05.27.1937 | captains of industry (20) the story of william wrigley jr |
+Wrigley started his career by selling soap before he switched to chewing gum, made a fortune and de... | |
| 05.20.1937 | captains of industry (19) the story of george eastman |
+Eastman who vowed to make cameras smaller and easier to use. How the name "Kodak" came to be. His c... |
![Captains of Industry aired first over KNX, then KEHE [Hearst Radio] from its newly built (1936) art-deco studios at 141 N. Vermont, in Los Angeles, adjacent to Los Angeles Community College.](https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/assets/img/serie/img_kehe.png "Captains of Industry aired first over KNX, then KEHE [Hearst Radio] from its newly built (1936) art-deco studios at 141 N. Vermont, in Los Angeles, adjacent to Los Angeles Community College.")
![Media entrepreneur Earle C Anthony bought radio station KEHE (above) for its building, license, and frequency, subsequently sharing it's building and studios between KFI and KECA. The building on North Vermont in Los Angleles served as Anthony's KECA [K. E.arle C. A.nthony] studios. 'Lifesavers King' Edward Noble purchased KECA from Earle C. Anthony after NBC-Blue was broken away from NBC to form Noble's The Blue Network, the eventual American Broadcasting Company (ABC)](https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/assets/img/serie/img_kfi-earle-c-anthony.png "Media entrepreneur Earle C Anthony bought radio station KEHE (above) for its building, license, and frequency, subsequently sharing it's building and studios between KFI and KECA. The building on North Vermont in Los Angleles served as Anthony's KECA [K. E.arle C. A.nthony] studios. 'Lifesavers King' Edward Noble purchased KECA from Earle C. Anthony after NBC-Blue was broken away from NBC to form Noble's The Blue Network, the eventual American Broadcasting Company (ABC)")
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