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The company, originally named The L. M. Cox Manufacturing Co, Inc., was founded in 1945 by the machinist Roy Cox in Placentia, California. Cox grew up in and around his father's bicycle shop, and he developed an interest in mechanical devices. Cox's first products were wooden pop guns, produced in his home garage. Cox chose wood for his basic ...
In 1976 Leisure Dynamics changed the company name to "Cox Hobbies Inc." In 1980 Leisure Dynamics filed for bankruptcy, taking Cox Hobbies Inc. with them. In 1981 Leroy Cox died on September 22, at age 75. In 1983 former Cox engineer and president Bill Selzer (whom Cox had hired in 1952) purchased the company out of bankruptcy.
In 1932, Henze rented a 3rd floor loft on 492 North Third Street in Philadelphia from a general machinist firm, William Schmitz & Company. [2] There he completed his first two reel designs, the Model F and Model K. In February 1933, the first Penn reels were sold to the Miller Auto Supply Company in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Encouraged by the ...
The idea that history is “just one damned thing after another” may be witty, but it’s also untrue. History is not just a collection of “prominent events” and “great men” as the line ...
The company was closed in 1999 after Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises, allowing Paramount Pictures and its television unit to handle distribution rights. [12] The company's library is incorporated into CBS Media Ventures for television series and Paramount Pictures for films (except The Opposite of Sex).
The subsidiary company, Cox Broadcasting Corporation (unrelated to the Cox Media Group, which focuses on radio stations and television stations), was not officially formed until 1964, when it was established as a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company was renamed to Cox Communications in 1982.
Sold! is an American reality television series on History that premiered on April 11, 2012. [1] The series chronicles the activities of Rick Bryant, owner of Bryant Auction, and his team located in Missouri. Each episode details the process of auctioning, showing the appraisal, acquisition and eventual auctioning of the items.
Cox walked the carpet for the season 4 premiere on Monday, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, and he spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about the series' dramatic conclusion.