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Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. A business card typically includes the giver's name, company or business affiliation (usually with a logo ) and contact information such as street addresses , telephone ...
At the height of its power from the 1870s to the 1890s, it was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world. [1] It is currently a subsidiary of Swedish-based Securitas AB. [2] Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled the Baltimore Plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
The Eye That Never Sleeps: A History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982. ISBN 0253320860; Weiss, Robert P. "Private Detective Agencies and Labour Discipline in the United States, 1855–1946." Historical Journal. 29:1 (March 1986).
Barn painted with Red Man advertisement, Macon Township, Michigan America's Best Chew (formerly Red Man) is an American brand of chewing tobacco introduced in 1904. [1]Red Man traditionally came as leaf tobacco, in contrast to twist chewing tobacco or the ground tobacco used in snuff.
Percy Edward Pinkerton (19 June 1855 – 31 August 1946) was an English translator and poet. His translations included two novels by Émile Zola and a Puccini libretto.. The Porthleven Cemetery headstone on the grave of Pinkerton and his wife Emily Woodgates reads: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF EMILY HARRIET BELOVED WIFE OF PERCY EDWARD PINKERTON.
John Maurice McClean Pinkerton (2 August 1919 – 22 December 1997) was a pioneering British computer designer. Along with David Caminer , he designed England's first business computer, the LEO computer , produced by J. Lyons and Co in 1951.
Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819 [1] – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
Ruby Lane sells antiques, vintage collectibles, vintage fashion, jewelry, dolls, and art for sale by independent member dealers. [1] Jewelry accounts for about half of the site's sales. [ 1 ] Ruby Lane sells items at set prices rather than in an auction format, and the company does take commissions from sales.