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Historical Essay

Case, Jerome Increase (1819-1891)

Agricultural Innovator
Biography of Racine-based Jerome Increase Case, one of the leaders in the agricultural revolution.
Historical Essay

Evinrude, Ole 1877-1934

Inventor
Biography of Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian-American inventor who created the first outboard motor.
Historical Essay

Allis, Edward P. (1824-1889)

Learn more about the entrepreneur and manufacturing innovator who established, Allis Company, Milwaukee's largest industrial employer in the late 1880s.
Historical Essay

Stevens, Brooks, 1911-1995

Industrial Designer
Learn more about this Milwaukeean whose life's work greatly influenced the field of industrial design and the art of salesmanship.

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