Defunct companies based in Illinois Motorola, 1948 Tucker Sedan, Amoco, International Harvester, Blue Valley Creamery Company, General Steel Industries, American Flyer, Avery Company, Oliver Typewriter Company, Western Electric, Commonwealth Steel Company, The Gamers - nouveau livre

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 78. Chapters: Motorola, 1948 Tucker Sedan, Amoco, International Harvester, Blue Valley Creamery Company, General Steel Industries, American Flyer, Avery Company, Oliver Typewriter Company, Western Electric, Commonwealth Steel Company, The Gamers, Hartmarx, Hallicrafters, Armour and Company, Continental Illinois, Divine, Chicago Express Airlines, Illinois Watch Company, Laidlaw, Benedek Broadcasting, Ted, Hicks Locomotive and Car Works, Grant Locomotive Works, Eagle Food Centers, Whitcomb Locomotive Works, Adbot, Northwestern Steel and Wire, Sandy's, Gaylord Container Corporation, Air Illinois, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chez Paree, Elgin National Watch Company, Polk Brothers, Hafner Manufacturing Company, Westclox, Wickes Furniture, Sentinel Management Group, K's Merchandise Mart, Automatic Electric, Wieboldt's, Grab It Here, Moline-Knight, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago Rapid Transit Company, Itty bitty machine company, Marvin Glass and Associates, Glastex, Siegler Corporation, Joseph Spiess Company, ICOM Simulations, Staver, Holly Tree Inn, Handy Andy Home Improvement Center, Western Tool Works, Mississippi Valley Airlines, Associated Telephone Utilities Company, Gardner Carton & Douglas, Geri's Hamburgers, NOMA, Way and Williams Publishers, Gousha, The Campana Company, Altorfer Bros. Company, Calumet Baking Powder Company, Argosy Gaming Company, Sundstrand Corporation, Central Scientific Company, American Bicycle Company, Biflex Products Corporation, Morris & Company, Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., NuFX, Banks Broadcasting, Curtiss Candy Company, Dispensa's Castle of Toys, Midland Motor Company, Hopkins & Sutter, Sweetheart Cup Company, Logan, First Cellular of Southern Illinois, Zeigler Coal Company. Excerpt: The 1948 Tucker Sedan or Tucker '48 Sedan (initially named the Tucker Torpedo) was an advanced automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly produced in Chicago in 1948. Only 51 cars were made before the company folded on March 3, 1949, due to negative publicity initiated by the news media, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and a heavily publicized stock fraud trial (which allegations were proven baseless in court with a full acquittal). Speculation exists that the circumstances which brought the Tucker Corporation down were contributed to by the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S. Ferguson. The 1988 movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream is based on Tucker's spirit and the saga surrounding the car's production. After WWII, the public was ready for totally new car designs, but the big three Detroit automakers had not developed any new models since 1941. This provided great opportunities for small, new automakers who could develop new cars more rapidly than the huge legacy automakers. Studebaker was first to introduce an all-new postwar model, but Tucker took a different tack, designing a safety car with innovative features and modern styling. His specifications called for a water-cooled aluminum block flat-6 rear engine, disc brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, fuel injection, the location of all instruments on the steering wheel, and a padded dashboard. The first sketch for Tucker's car, by designer George LawsonTucker's first design for the car appeared in a December 1946 Science Illustrated magazine article entitled "Torpedo on Wheels", showing a futuristic version of the car with a hydraulic drive system designed by George Lawson, along with a photo o...