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American Beach was co-founded in 1935 by Florida's first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. [5] A. L. Lewis was one of the original founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1901; with little education he became a world traveler, investor, philanthropist, and the first African-American millionaire in the state of Florida.
The Florida Department of Business Regulation adopted real estate development reforms in the 1970s because of such abuses. [2] [3] In 1969, GALC (which by then had shortened its name from Gulf American Land Corp to Gulf American Corp) and its sister companies were taken over by General Acceptance Corp. [4]
Child laborers at American Tobacco Company in Wilmington, Delaware, 1910, photo by Lewis Hine. American Tobacco Company quickly became known as the “Tobacco Trust” upon its founding. Duke controlled the cigarette market, and his trust caught the attention of legislators in the United States, a country with historical aversion to monopolies ...
Annual production of bauxite in the United States, 1900-2013. Bauxite mining in the United States produced an estimated 128,000 metric tonnes of bauxite in 2013. [1] Although the United States was an important source of bauxite in the early 20th century, it now supplies less than one percent of world bauxite production.
Aluminum Overcast, B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740, civil registration N5017N, as of August 2024 Aluminum Overcast is not flying. It is in the Eagle Hanger at the Experimental Aircraft Museum in Oshkosh,WI.
The New York Times Company has focused on circulation figures for revenue after subscription-based revenue surpassed advertising in 2012, [162] and acquired produce review website Wirecutter in October 2016 for US$30 million to integrate the website's reviews into The New York Times ' s lifestyle coverage. [163]
In 1914, American Water Works and Guarantee Company became American Water Works and Electric Company. [5] In 1947 it was reorganized as American Water Works Company, Inc. [6] Since December 2018, the company has its headquarters in Camden, New Jersey, [7] and has about 6,500 professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and related ...
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [3]