Business Leaders of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 5 people and 24 moments here, from 1918 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Thomas Edison, Harry S. Truman and Henry Ford.

Notable people

  1. Thomas Edison

    from 1918 to 1931

    7 moments here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  2. Harry S. Truman

    from 1918 to 1935

    6 moments here

    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

  3. Henry Ford

    from 1918 to 1936

    5 moments here

    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

  4. Jimmy Carter

    from 1924 to 1930

    3 moments here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  5. George H. W. Bush

    from 1924 to 1937

    3 moments here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

Moments

  1. 1918 Researches at Key West Naval Station Thomas Edison
  2. 1918 Vagabonds camping trip at Narrows Henry Ford
  3. 1918 Camps near Bolar Springs Thomas Edison
  4. 1918 Meuse–Argonne observation post Harry S. Truman
  5. 1919 Marriage to Bess Wallace Harry S. Truman
  6. 1919 Departs Green Island on Vagabonds trip Thomas Edison
  7. 1919 Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery Harry S. Truman
  8. 1921 Vagabonds camping trip at Hagerstown Henry Ford
  9. 1923 County Court judge begins service Harry S. Truman
  10. 1923 Attends Harding funeral in Marion Thomas Edison
  11. 1924 Childhood in Archery Jimmy Carter
  12. 1924 Birth in Milton George H. W. Bush
  13. 1924 Birth at Wise Sanitarium Jimmy Carter
  14. 1925 Childhood relocation to Greenwich George H. W. Bush
  15. 1927 Presiding judge of Jackson County Harry S. Truman
  16. 1929 Fort Myers visit with Edison and Firestone Henry Ford
  17. 1929 Celebrates birthday at Fort Myers Thomas Edison
  18. 1929 Dedicates Greenfield Village Thomas Edison
  19. 1930 Plains High School attendance Jimmy Carter
  20. 1930 Visit to Germany Henry Ford
  21. 1931 Dies at Glenmont Thomas Edison
  22. 1935 Washington home during Senate years Harry S. Truman
  23. 1936 Groundbreaking at Richmond Hill Henry Ford
  24. 1937 Phillips Academy student George H. W. Bush

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