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Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather -goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Tandy Leather was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store. By the end of the 1950s, under the tutelage of then-CEO Charles Tandy, the company expanded into the hobby market, making leather moccasins and coin purses, making huge ...
Tandy Leather began as a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas in 1919. [6] Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy partnered to start the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company and concentrated their efforts on selling sole leather and other supplies to shoe repair dealers in Texas. During World War II, civilian leather rationing ...
Tandy entered his father's business at the age of 12. [4] In 1940 he graduated from Texas Christian University. He then spent some time at the Harvard Business School before joining the US Navy for the remainder of World War II. While in the Navy he set a record for selling war bonds. [5] While a supply officer in the Navy, he noticed sailors ...
Al and Ann Stohlman. Al Stohlman (August 15, 1919 – March 6, 1998) was an American pioneer in leathercraft and continues to influence hundreds of thousands of leathercrafters worldwide. He and his wife Ann (June 30, 1924 – June 10, 2004) produced hundreds of magazine articles, doodle pages and other resources still used in the leathercraft ...
Tandy was founded in the United States in 1919 as Tandy Leather Company. In 1963, Tandy changed its business to electronics when it acquired control of RadioShack, a forty year old electronics business with nine stores and a mail order arm. From 1963 to 1986, RadioShack grew to more than 6900 stores and dealers in the United States, with a ...
radioshack.com. RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer which was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business. Its parent company, Radio Shack Corporation, was purchased by Tandy Corporation in 1962, shifting its focus from radio equipment to hobbyist electronic components.
Bona Allen Tanners and Manufacturers building Bona Allen Tannery. The Bona Allen Company is a tannery and leather goods factory that opened in 1873 in Buford, Georgia.It became the nation's largest producer of hand-tooled saddles, bridles, horse collars, postal bags, cowboy boots, and shoes and had a contract to supply the sporting equipment giant, Spalding, with raw material for the ...
Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company, name used from 1919 to 1956. TRS-80 Color Computer, rebranded as Tandy Color Computer, a series of computers first released in 1980. Tandy 2000, a computer released in 1983. Tandy 1000, a computer released in 1984. Tandy 3000, a computer released in 1986. Tandy Electronics (1973–2011), former Australian subsidiary.