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The Rise of Big Business

The Rise of Big Business Celebrating Business > President Calvin Coolidge, 1924 Celebrating Business > Bruce Barton Celebrating Business > Who Prospered in the 1920s? 1200 mergers caused the disappearance of over 600 independent enterprises

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The Rise of Big Business

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  1. The Rise of Big Business

  2. Celebrating Business > President Calvin Coolidge, 1924

  3. Celebrating Business > Bruce Barton

  4. Celebrating Business > Who Prospered in the 1920s? • 1200 mergers caused the disappearance of over 600 independent enterprises • top 0.1% of U.S. families in 1929 had combined income as large as bottom 42% • i. e. approx 24,000 families had combined income as large as 11.5 million poor and lower-class families • per capita income in the U.S. rose 9% between 1920-1929 • per capita income for the top 24,000 families rose 75% • 80% of families had no savings • farmers did not prosper - 1/4 of all employment • less than 10% invested in the stock market

  5. Welfare Capitalism > Shoe Company’s Billboard Ad, 1923

  6. Welfare Capitalism > Comic Strip on Workers Owning Shares, 1929

  7. Automobile > Automobile Sales and Registration

  8. Automobile > Ford Assembly Line, Model A, 1928

  9. Automobile > Ford Model T, 1920s

  10. Automobile > Ford Model T French Ad, 1924

  11. Automobile > General Motors Ad, 1925

  12. Automobile > Cadillac Ad, 1925

  13. Automobile > Chevrolet Ad, 1931

  14. Automobile > Ford Model A Ad, 1929

  15. Automobile > Song about Ford Model A, 1928

  16. Automobile > Paige-Jewett Car Ad, 1929

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