The Man Behind The Brand - On The Go

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kraft, Maytag, Hertz, Kellogg, Gerber. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson? Milton Bradley? Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s take a look at the men behind the names we as we travel.

Avis
Boeing
Dunlop
Evinrude
Firestone
Getty
Goodrich
Goodyear
Hertz
Hess
Michelin
Phillips
Rand McNally
Schwinn