Powel Crosley Jr. (September 18, 1886 – March 28, 1961) was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur. He was also a pioneer in radio broadcasting...
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the vast majority of all Crosleys were built on an 80-inch (2.03-meter) wheelbase, and with leaf-springs. Powel Crosley Jr. made his fortune in the automotive...
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The Crosley Broadcasting Corporation was a radio and television broadcaster founded by radio manufacturing pioneer Powel Crosley Jr. It had a major influence...
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107.1 MHz WKFS. Launched by industrialist Powel Crosley Jr., WLW became the flagship station of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, later a part of...
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of Toronto (filed 1927, granted 1929), and manufactured by American Powel Crosley Jr., who bought the rights to the device. Both devices are unusual in...
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Crosley (November 24, 1888 – November 6, 1978) of Cincinnati, Ohio was an American industrialist and businessman. He was the brother of Powel Crosley...
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for $5 million. It was named after University of Cincinnati alumnus Powel Crosley Jr. In 2017, the building was featured at the top of a list of America's...
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politician William Garrigues Powel (1852–1894), American politician Powel Crosley Jr. (1886–1961), American industrialist Powel J. Smith (1874–1942), American...
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was the former winter estate of Powel Crosley Jr., a noted Cincinnati, Ohio, industrialist and entrepreneur. Crosley had the 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2)...
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Pinecroft, also known as the Powel Crosley Jr. Estate is located at 2366 Kipling Avenue in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is significant...
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order sales pioneers in the United States such as Richard Sears and Powel Crosley Jr. to win the confidence of consumers. The use of money back guarantees...
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preservation of Seagate, the former home of Cincinnati, Ohio, industrialist Powel Crosley Jr. and his wife, Gwendolyn, and its later owners, Mabel and Freeman Horton...
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was condemned. C W Development LLC purchased the building in 2014. Powel Crosley Jr. was an American inventor and entrepreneur. He pioneered radio broadcasting...
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Central Trust Bank took over ownership of the club in November of 1933. Powel Crosley purchased the team in February of 1934. Source: Larry MacPhail Warren...
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returned to mediocrity and attendance flagged. When local businessman Powel Crosley Jr. bought the struggling Reds in 1934, team president Larry MacPhail...
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Coreopsis verticillata Moonbeam, series of five aeroplanes built by Powel Crosley, Jr. Moonbeam II, a plane flown by aviation pioneer Edwin Moon in 1910...
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farm machinery manufacturer in 1899 1945 AVCO acquired Crosley Corporation from Powel Crosley Jr. 1947 Convair acquired by the Atlas Corporation 1947 AVCO...
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headphones, became associated with the Crosley Pup, an affordable mass-produced AM radio introduced by Powel Crosley Jr. in the United States in 1925. Years...
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landed a job broadcasting the Cincinnati Reds on WLW and WSAI when Powel Crosley Jr. purchased the team in 1934. On Opening Day 1934 (April 17), Barber...
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transport named Lesgo with seats for two crew and four passengers for Powel Crosley Jr., powered by 2x 300 hp (224 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior A engines...
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included Major Armstrong's FM station W2XMN in Alpine, New Jersey; Powel Crosley Jr.'s 500kW superpower AM W8XO, operating at night carrying WLW's programming;...
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Field was in a state of disrepair. Powel Crosley, Jr., an electronics magnate who, with his brother Lewis M. Crosley, produced radios, refrigerators and...
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Powell F. Carter Jr. (1931–2017) U.S. Navy admiral Powell Clayton (1833–1914) U.S. soldier, politician, businessman Powel Crosley Jr. (1886–1961) U.S...
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Field was in a state of disrepair. Powel Crosley Jr., an electronics magnate who, with his brother Lewis M. Crosley, produced radios, refrigerators, and...
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James J. Couzens Keith E. Crain Frederick C. Crawford Lewis M. Crosley Powel Crosley Jr. Clessie L. Cummins Harlow H. Curtice Gottlieb Daimler Charles...
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The franchise was then forever changed when long-time Reds owner Powel Crosley Jr. died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cincinnati on March...
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in 1951 by Collins Radio Company Crosley Pup – was an affordable mass-produced AM radio introduced by Powel Crosley Jr. in the United States in 1925 Icom...
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company. In 1994, the company acquired the Crosley name from the former company operated by Powel Crosley Jr. In October 1998, LeMastus and a group of...
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antiphonal division, originally a smaller organ (Skinner Opus 726) in Powel Crosley Jr.'s Cincinnati residence, Pinecroft. The Opus 660 portion speaks from...
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Graham Bell Emma Beckwith – bookkeeper, optician, inventor, suffragette Powel Crosley Jr. – inventor and entrepreneur Francis L. Dale – lawyer, Cincinnati Reds...
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