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Showers Brothers Furniture Company – The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a City, and a University de Carrol Ann Krause

Showers Brothers Furniture Company – The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a City, and a University

Autor Carrol Ann Krause
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 mai 2012
When the Showers family arrived in Bloomington, Indiana, the railroad was just coming to town and a modest university was struggling to survive. Having spent the prior 18 years moving from place to place, the family decided to settle down and invest its modest resources to start a furniture company. The business proved to be extremely profitable and a stroke of good fortune for the small community. The company's success paved streets, which brought additional new businesses to town, and helped Indiana University flourish. The later philanthropic acts of the Showers family encouraged the town's continued development. The family's contributions helped the institution make it through difficult times and paved the way to its becoming the largest university in the state. In this history of Showers Brothers, Carrol Krause tells the story of a remarkably successful collaboration between business, town, and gown.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253002037
ISBN-10: 0253002036
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 75 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Introduction; Showers family information1. The Reverend and His Family; 2. Showers & Hendrix; 3. Legal Troubles; 4. The Brothers Enter Business; 5. The Booming '80s; 6. Death and Fire; 7. Prosperity and Loss; 8. Boom and Bust; 9. Moving Towards Modernity; 10. Houses and a Hospital; 11. "The World's Largest Furniture Factory"; 12. The "Shop Notes" years; 13. Another Beginning; 14. Final Successes; 15. Everything Changes; 16. Legacy

Recenzii

"Author Carrol Krause has chosen a very interesting subject and writes with an especially good eye for "telling detail" and for imagining sounds, images, and smells of long ago. The illustrations combined with the engaging style will attract an enthusiastic local audience." James H. Madison, author (with Will Counts and Scott Russell Sanders) of Bloomington Past and Present"This once dominant and still prominent building houses the story of a city's past manufacturing prowess, a downtown in decline, and an urban renaissance. The roots of that important story are now available in this written history of Showers." Mark Kruzan, Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana
"Author Carrol Krause has chosen a very interesting subject and writes with an especially good eye for "telling detail" and for imagining sounds, images, and smells of long ago. The illustrations combined with the engaging style will attract an enthusiastic local audience." James H. Madison, author (with Will Counts and Scott Russell Sanders) of Bloomington Past and Present "This once dominant and still prominent building houses the story of a city's past manufacturing prowess, a downtown in decline, and an urban renaissance. The roots of that important story are now available in this written history of Showers." Mark Kruzan, Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana

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How one family built an empire while promoting a small town ’s progress