Word: kirkman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Longheaded, high-domed Wallace Kirkman Harrison and affable mustached J. (for Jacques) André Fouilhoux were among the architects who planned Rockefeller Center. They share a predilection for economy in architectural form. In evolving their Theme Centre for the Fair they made more than 1,000 sketches before they hit on the ultimate starkness of sphere and pyramidal form. Neither had ever been built before; both would certainly influence other World's Fair architecture to avoid superfluous dressing. And though neither the Sphere nor the symmetrical Trylon alone could serve as a direction-pointing landmark to guide wanderers...
WALTER E. BEYER WILBUR C. BISHOP ELWOOD F. KIRKMAN SAMUEL S. SHUTTLEWORTH DAVID FORD...
...INTERESTS OF ACCURACY AND FAIR PLAY YOU WILL WANT TO CORRECT IN NEXT ISSUE OF TIME A STATEMENT GROSSLY IN ERROR STOP IN REFERRING TO ACQUISITION OF KIRKMAN SOAP CO. BY COLGATE PALMOLIVE PEET YOUR ISSUE OF SEPT. 29 REFERS TO LATTER COMPANY AS A LEADER IN SOAP INDUSTRY STOP AS A MATTER OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND RECORD PROCTER AND GAMBLE MAKERS OF IVORY SOAP ARE THE LEADERS IN THE AMERICAN SOAP INDUSTRY...
...Kirkman to Colgate. Many cleansing products are manufactured by Kirkman & Son of New York, founded in 1837 by John Kirkman, now managed by Grandson Sidney Alexander Kirkman, 50. Last week Kirkman & Son, whose assets are now $5,500,000, was bought by potent Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co., leader of the industry. Kirkman & Son earned $249,000 in the first half of this year, slightly more than 1929's total profits...