For Every Room in the House: The Story of Armstrong Cork Co. in Print, Radio and Television

Posted by on Dec 15, 2022 in | Comments Off on For Every Room in the House: The Story of Armstrong Cork Co. in Print, Radio and Television In 1860 Thomas Morton Armstrong, a young son of Scots Irish immigrants from Londonderry, in what is now Northern Ireland, used $300 he had saved from his job as a shipping clerk to purchase a small cork-cutting shop in Pittsburgh. The company was originally named for Armstrong’s business partner, John O. Glass, who suddenly died in 1864. Armstrong’s brother Robert purchased Glass’ share and the...
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Sure to Attract Much Attention: The Advertising Genius of Milton S. Hershey

Posted by on Dec 29, 2020 in | Comments Off on Sure to Attract Much Attention: The Advertising Genius of Milton S. Hershey Milton S. Hershey, the man behind the chocolate bar, was an innovative and resourceful manufacturer who used a variety of traditional as well as unconventional strategies to both advertise and attract attention to his products. He was born in Derry Township, Dauphin County, on September 13, 1857. After spending the first eight years of his life in Dauphin County, he lived 10 years in Lancaster...
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An American Indian Museum for Mr. Hershey’s Model Town

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on An American Indian Museum for Mr. Hershey’s Model Town Hershey. Sixty years ago this Dauphin County commu­nity was a cozy, well-planned company town, replete with its very own amusement park, grand hotel, handsome community building, opulent theater, sports arena, and neat rows of well-kept houses for the factory workers of Chocolate­town, U. S. A. The air hung thick with the delicious aroma of cocoa, making the little town seem an even more...
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