Progress in the last fifty years, 1950-02-04

Item — Volume: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Pages 100-106 from a pamphlet publication

Dates

1950-02-04

Creator

From the Collection: McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

From the Series: 8 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Occasion: WGN, WGNB and the Mutual radio network (Chicago, Ill.)

Title from Hughes/Wendt index: Progress in last 50 years

Frank Hughes/Lloyd Wendt identifier: HW602

Annotation by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: Progress on all fronts since 1898, medicine, war, construction--steel & cement--aluminum, gas & electricity, engines & transportation, radio & radar, rubber, photography, planes. Everything improved except government and pedagogy!

Subjects assigned by Tribune Company Archives staff: Doyle, Conan; Drainage Canal (Chicago, Ill.); Drugs; Edison, Thomas A.; Electricity; Fifty years (the first 50 years of the 20th century); Firestone, Harvey; Holland, John; Internal combustion engines; Inventions; Medicine, and medical progress; Metals, metallurgy, etc.; Photography; Reed, Walter; Ross, Ronald; Santos-Dumont, Alberto; Wood, Gar

Subject assigned by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: Inventions and science