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Captains of Industry was envisioned as an inspirational, uplifting and public relations vehicle as all of North America recovered from The Great Depression. Recorded in the early 1930s by Atlas Radio Corporation of Canada, the transcribed canon comprised fifty-two biographical dramatizations of the more noteworthy industrialists and philanthropists of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Atlas Radio Corporation was founded in 1921 by David Louis Harris, a Jewish immigrant who became one of the pioneering radio, television and electronics manufacturers throughout Canada and The United States.
Captains of Industry, recorded in a 15-minute format, emphasized the entrepreneurial spirit, drive, and philanthropic work which characterized each of the fifty-two subjects of the series. Opening with the story of railroad and steel industrialist--and noted philanthropist--Andrew Carnegie, the series went on the spotlight the era's most important movers and shakers of their respective industries:

George Westinghouse [Electrical Industry]
Joseph Pulitzer [Publishing Industry]
Cornelius Vanderbilt [Shipping and Railroad Industries]
Leland Stanford [Mercantile and Railroad Industries]
John Jacob Astor [Fur Trading, Real Estate and Opium]
Cyrus McCormick [Inventor and Agricultural Industry]
Charles Lewis Tiffany [Jewelry Trade]
'Diamond Jim' Brady [Railroad Industry]
Frank W Woolworth [Mercantile Industry]
James Jerome Hill [Canadian-American Railroad Industry]
James Eads [Inventor and Salvage Industry]
Robert Dollar [Lumber and Shipping Industries]
Marshall Field [Mercantile Industry]
George Pullman [Inventor and Railroad Industry]
Cyrus H. K. Curtis [Publishing Industry]
Frederick Weyerhaeuser [Lumber Industry]
The Studebaker Brothers [Automotive Industry]
George Eastman [Inventor]
William Wrigley Jr. [Chewing Gum Industry]
Klaus Spreckles [Sugar Industry]
J. Pierpont Morgan [Banking and Finance Industries]
James Buchanan Duke [Tobacco and Power Industries]
Adolph Simon Ochs [Publishing Industry]
Milton S. Hershey [Confection Industry]
Frank A. Munsey [Publishing Industry]
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont [Chemical Industries]
Elbert Henry Gary [Lawyer and Steel Industry]
James Couzens [U.S. Senator and Banking and Automotive Industries]
Edward Henry Harriman [Railroad Industry]
Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin [Hospitality and Mining Industries]
Mark Hanna [U. S. Senator and Shipping Industry]
Philip Armour [Meatpacking Industry]
John Hammond [Inventor and Radio Industry]
Thomas Alva Edison [Inventor and Telecommunications Industry]
John Davison Rockefeller [Petroleum Industry]
King Camp Gillette [Inventor and Manufacturing Industry]
Henry Clay Frick [Inventor and Manufacturing Industry]
Theodore Newton Vail [Telecommunications Industry]
Edward L. Doheny [Petroleum Industry]
Julius Rosenwald [Mercantile and Manufacturing Industries]
Otto Hermann Kahn [Banking and Finance Industries]
John Henry Patterson [Manufacturing Industry]
Jay Gould [Railroad Industry]
Mark Hopkins, Jr. [Railroad Industry]
Sidney Wilmot Winslow [Footwear Manufacturing Industry]
John North Willys [Automotive Industry]
Frank A Vanderlip [Banking Industry]
Henry Flagler [Railroad and Real Estate Industries]
John Wanamaker [U. S. Postmaster General and Mercantile and Advertising Industries]
Phineas T Barnum [Entertainment Industry]
William Andrews Clark, Sr. [Mining, Railroad and Banking Industries]

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Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (01) The Story of Andrew Carnegie
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (02) The Story of George Westinghouse
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (03) The Story of Joseph Pulitzer
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (04) The Story of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (05) The Story of Leland Stanford
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (06) The Story of John Jacob Astor
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (07) The Story of Cyrus Mc Cormick
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (08) The Story of Charles Lewis Tiffany
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (09) The Story of Diamond Jim Brady
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (10) The Story of Frank W Woolworth
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (11) The Story of James Jerome Hill
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (12) The Story of James Eads
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (13) The Story of Robert Dollar
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (14) The Story of Marshall Field
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (15) The Story of George Pullman
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (16) The Story of Cyrus Curtis
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (17) The Story of Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (18) The Story of the Studebaker Brothers of South Bend, Indiana
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (19) The story of George Eastman
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (20) The Story of William Wrigley Jr
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (21) The Story of Claus Spreckles
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (22) The Story of J. Pierpont Morgan
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (23) The Story of James Buchanan Duke
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (24) The Story of Adolph Simon Ochs
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (25) The Story of Milton Hershey
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (26) The Story of Frank A. Munsey
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (27) The Story of E I Du Pont
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (28) The Story of E H Gary
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (29) The Story of James Couzens
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (30) The Story of Edward Henry Harriman
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (31) The Story of Elias Lucky J Baldwin
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (32) The Story of Mark Hanna
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (33) The Story of Philip Armour
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (34) The Story of John Hammond
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (35) The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (36) The Story of John Davison Rockefeller
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (37) The Story of King Camp Gillette
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (38) The Story of Henry Clay Frick
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (39) The Story of Theodore Newton Vail
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (40) The Story of Edward L. Doheny
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (41) The Story of Julius Rosenwald
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (42) The Story of Otto Herman Kahn
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (43) The Story of John Henry Patterson
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (44) The Story of Jay Gould
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (45) The Story of Mark Hopkins
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (46) The Story of Sidney Wilmot Winslow
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (47) The Story of John North Willys
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (48) The Story of Frank A Vanderlip
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (49) The Story of Henry Flagler
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (50) The Story of John Wanamaker
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (51) The Story of Phineas T. Barnum
Captains Of Industry 37-xx-xx (52) The Story of William Andrews Clark