John Ratzenberger's Made in America
Encyclopedia
John Ratzenberger's Made in America is an American
documentary
television series hosted by John Ratzenberger
. The series premiered January 6, 2004, on the Travel Channel
. Ratzenberger visits various American manufacturers, taking the show's viewers along on the tours and showing how various everyday items are made. The show has visited a variety of factories, including Crayola
, Airstream
, Yankee Candle
, Samuel Adams Brewery
, Ruger, Delta Faucet Company
, and Rodgers Instruments
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
television series hosted by John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger
John Deszo Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his role as Cliff Clavin in Cheers.-Early life:...
. The series premiered January 6, 2004, on the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
. Ratzenberger visits various American manufacturers, taking the show's viewers along on the tours and showing how various everyday items are made. The show has visited a variety of factories, including Crayola
Crayola
Crayola is a brand of artists' supplies manufactured by Crayola LLC, which was founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith. It is best known for its crayons...
, Airstream
Airstream
Airstream is a brand of luxury recreational vehicle manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio, USA. It is currently a division of Thor Industries. The company, which now employs fewer than 400, is the oldest in the industry. Airstream trailers are easily recognized for their distinctive rounded...
, Yankee Candle
Yankee Candle Company
The Yankee Candle Company is the largest U.S. manufacturer of scented candles. The company is located in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.-History:...
, Samuel Adams Brewery
Samuel Adams (beer)
Samuel Adams is an American brand of beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company and its associated contract brewers. The company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, Harry M. Rubin, and Lorenzo Lamadrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA...
, Ruger, Delta Faucet Company
Delta Faucet Company
Delta Faucet Company is an American manufacturer of faucets. It is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. It manufactures and markets faucets under the Delta, Brizo and Peerless brand names.- History :...
, and Rodgers Instruments
Rodgers Instruments
Rodgers Instruments Corporation is an American manufacturer of classical and church organs. Rodgers was founded in 1958 by Rodgers W. Jenkins and Fred Tinker, employees of Tektronix, Inc., of Portland, Oregon, and members of a Tektronix team developing transistor-based oscillator circuits...
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Episodes
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2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 1 | Gibson Guitars, Annin Flag Company Annin & Co. Annin Flagmakers is an American corporation based in Roseland, New Jersey. The flagmaker was founded by Alexander Annin in 1847 and incorporated on January 10, 1910. Annin Flagmakers produces American flags, state flags and national flags of all United Nations members. Annin is a wholesaler that... , SPAM Spam (food) Spam is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation, first introduced in 1937. The labeled ingredients in the classic variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat, with ham meat added, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, and sodium nitrite as a preservative... |
2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 2 | Harley Davidson, Gatorade Gatorade Gatorade is a brand of sports-themed food and beverage products, built around its signature product: a line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo, distributed in over 80 countries... |
2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 3 | Monopoly Monopoly (game) Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker... , Louisville Slugger, Oscar Mayer Weiner Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut production company, owned by Kraft Foods, known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon and Lunchables products.-History:... |
2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 4 | Airstream Airstream Airstream is a brand of luxury recreational vehicle manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio, USA. It is currently a division of Thor Industries. The company, which now employs fewer than 400, is the oldest in the industry. Airstream trailers are easily recognized for their distinctive rounded... |
2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 5 | Campbells Soup, Crayola Factory Crayola Crayola is a brand of artists' supplies manufactured by Crayola LLC, which was founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith. It is best known for its crayons... |
2004 | Season 1 | 1 | 6 | Barbasol Barbasol Barbasol is an American brand of shaving cream, body wash, and aftershave, founded in 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is currently owned by Perio, Inc.-The Invention of Barbasol:... , Welch's Grape Juice Welch's Welch Foods Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. It is owned by the National Grape Cooperative Association, a co-op of grape growers.... |
2004 | Season 1 | 2 | 7 | Craftsman Tools, John Deere, Kellogg Kellogg Company Kellogg Company , is a producer of cereal and convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles, and vegetarian foods... |
2004 | Season 1 | 2 | 8 | Zippo Zippo A Zippo lighter is a refillable, metal lighter manufactured by Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. Thousands of different styles and designs have been made in the seven decades since their introduction including military ones for specific regiments.-Establishment:George G... , Jack Daniels Jack Daniel's Jack Daniel's is a brand of sour mash Tennessee whiskey that is among the world's best-selling liquors. It is known for its square bottles and black label. As of November, 2007, one blogger was claiming that it was the best-selling whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee by... , Howard Johnson Motor Lodge Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson's is a chain of hotels and restaurants, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the United States, with over 1,000 restaurants... |
2004 | Season 1 | 2 | 9 | Corvette, Burroughs Adding Machine |
2004 | Season 1 | 2 | 10 | Sikorsky Helicopters Sikorsky Aircraft The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. Its parent company is United Technologies Corporation.-History:... , Lowell Boats Lowell's Boat Shop Lowell's Boat Shop is a National Historic Landmark at 459 Main Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts.The shop was built in 1793 by Simeon Lowell... , Radio Flyers |
2004 | Season 1 | 3 | 11 | U.S. Mint, Goodyear Tire |
2004 | Season 1 | 3 | 12 | Carousel Magic, Ivory Soap, KitchenAid KitchenAid KitchenAid is a home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation. The company was started in 1919 by The Hobart Corporation to give restaurants a countertop alternative to their industrial sized mixers. The first model weighed 69 lbs. Each unit is still assembled by hand in Greenville, Ohio... |
2004 | Season 1 | 3 | 13 | Fleer Trading Cards Fleer The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer in 1885, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum; it remained a family-owned enterprise until it was taken private in 1989.... , Cannondale Lab Cannondale Bicycle Corporation The Cannondale Bicycle Corporation, is an American bicycle manufacturer, headquartered in Bethel, Connecticut with manufacturing and assembly facilities in Taichung, Taiwan... , Wiffle Ball |
2004 | Season 1 | 3 | 14 | Purity Diaries Purity Dairies Purity Dairies is a Nashville, Tennessee, based dairy company operated by the Ezell family. It offers products throughout Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. The company is owned by Dean Foods.-History:... , Vermont Teddy Bear Company Vermont Teddy Bear Company The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is one of the largest producers of teddy bears and the largest seller of teddy bears by mail order and Internet. The company handcrafts each of its teddy bears and produces almost 500,000 teddy bears each year... |
2004 | Season 1 | 3 | 15 | Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier chain in the United States. Founded in 1818 as a family business, the privately owned company is now owned by Retail Brand Alliance, also features clothing for women, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.-History:On April 7,... , Stetson Cowboy Hats |
2004 | Season 1 | 4 | 16 | Titleist Titleist Titleist is a brand name owned by Fila for golf equipment and apparel products produced by its subsidiary called the Acushnet Company, which is headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.... , New Era Baseball Caps New Era Cap Company The New Era Cap Company , located in Buffalo, New York, is a headwear manufacturer. It was founded in 1920 by German immigrant Ehrhardt Koch... , Slinky Slinky Slinky or "Lazy Spring" is a toy consisting of a helical spring that stretches and can bounce up and down. It can perform a number of tricks, including traveling down a flight of steps end-over-end as it stretches and re-forms itself with the aid of gravity and its own momentum.-History:The toy was... |
2004 | Season 1 | 4 | 17 | Longaberger Basket Company, Cape Cod Potato Chips Cape Cod Potato Chips Cape Cod Potato Chips is a snack foods company most famously known for their brand of potato chips. The company is headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod... |
2004 | Season 1 | 4 | 18 | Steinway Steinway & Sons Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway , is an American and German manufacturer of handmade pianos, founded 1853 in Manhattan in New York City by German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg... , Maple Landmark Woodcraft Maple Landmark Woodcraft -History:Mike Rainville first came to woodworking as a hobby in the 1970s while he was in school. Working out of his parent's basement with scraps from his grandfather's carpentry projects, he duplicated household items such as spool holders and cribbage boards. Before long, friends and neighbors... |
2004 | Season 1 | 4 | 19 | Barre Granite, Mosser Glass Mosser Glass Mosser Glass is a company making handmade glass, founded in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1970 by Thomas R. Mosser. The company is currently operated by his oldest son, Tim Mosser. The Mosser family got their start in the business at the Cambridge Glass Company.... |
2004 | Season 1 | 4 | 20 | Remo Drums Remo Remo is a male given name of Latin origin - see Romulus and Remus.Remo may also refer to:* Remo, an American drum skin company* Remo , another name for the German wine grape Riesling* Remo language, a Panoan language of Brazil and Peru... , Johnson Woolen Mills, Marx Toys Louis Marx and Company Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. Its boxes were often imprinted with the slogan, "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?"-Logo and Offerings:... |
2005 | Season 2 | 1 | Yankee Candle, Better Packages, Wonder Bread Wonder Bread Wonder Bread is the name of three North American brands of white bread: One produced by George Weston Bakeries in Canada, another by Hostess Brands in the United States, and the third by Grupo Bimbo in Mexico.- United States :... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 2 | Pyrex Pyrex Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915.Originally, Pyrex was made from borosilicate glass. In the 1940s the composition was changed for some products to tempered soda-lime glass, which is the most common form of glass used in glass bakeware in the US and has... , Wolf Coach Communications, Twinkie Twinkie The Twinkie is an American snack cake made and distributed by Hostess Brands. They are marketed as a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling".-History:... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 3 | US Steel, Stickley Furniture, Raytheon Microwave | |
2005 | Season 2 | 4 | GE Transportation, Globe Manufacturing, Martin Guitars | |
2005 | Season 2 | 5 | Tillamook Cheese, Derecktor Ferryboats, Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, and a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia, California.... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 6 | Whitman's Chocolate Whitman's Whitman's is one of America's largest and oldest brands of boxed chocolates. Whitman's confections have been produced since 1842, originally by Stephen Whitman in Philadelphia and currently by Russell Stover Candies... , Segway Human Transporter, Stormy Kromer Mercantile |
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2005 | Season 2 | 7 | Pendleton Woolen Mills Pendleton Woolen Mills Pendleton Woolen Mills is an American apparel manufacturing company located in Portland, Oregon, United States.-Company origins:The company’s roots began in 1863 when Thomas L. Kay made a transcontinental trek to the west coast and began working in the woolen mills in Oregon. He went on to opened... , Conn-Selmer Company Conn-Selmer Conn-Selmer, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of concert band, marching band, and orchestral instruments. It is a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments and was formed after Steinway bought musical instrument manufacturers The Selmer Company and C.G. Conn.-Founding:In the late 1800s,... , Steuben Crystal Workshop Steuben Glass Works Steuben Glass Works was an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Fredrick C. Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 8 | Kohler Kohler Kohler is a family name of German origin. The name was first found in Saxony. It means, "Charcoal burner" so the first "Kohlers" were most likely of that occupation.-People:*Alan Kohler, Australian journalist*Herbert Kohler, Jr., businessman... , Hale Products Hale Products Incorporated Hale Products Incorporated is a unit of IDEX Corporation.http://www.haleproducts.com/Main/Content.aspx Official Hale Website Like its parent, IDEX, Hale manufactures hydraulic equipment. However, this equipment is designed almost exclusively for the fire and rescue field.... , Commscope Company CommScope CommScope Inc. is a multinational telecommunications company based in Hickory, North Carolina since its founding in 1976. CommScope is a 1997 spin-off of General Instruments, and now has over 15,000 employees worldwide, with customers in over 130 countries.... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 9 | Tootsie Roll Tootsie Roll Tootsie Roll is a brand of chewy candy. It is a form of candy that has been manufactured in the United States since 1896. The manufacturer, Tootsie Roll Industries, is based in Chicago, Illinois.It was the first penny candy to be individually wrapped.... , Rodgers Instruments Rodgers Instruments Rodgers Instruments Corporation is an American manufacturer of classical and church organs. Rodgers was founded in 1958 by Rodgers W. Jenkins and Fred Tinker, employees of Tektronix, Inc., of Portland, Oregon, and members of a Tektronix team developing transistor-based oscillator circuits... , Highlights Magazine |
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2005 | Season 2 | 10 | Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards is a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce C. Hall, Hallmark is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.... , American Champion Aircraft American Champion American Champion Aircraft Corporation, located in Rochester, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft. Founded in 1988 on the acquisition of the Champ, Citabria, Scout, and Decathlon, it has been producing replacement parts for these aircraft since that time; it has as well been... , Delta Faucets Delta Faucet Company Delta Faucet Company is an American manufacturer of faucets. It is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. It manufactures and markets faucets under the Delta, Brizo and Peerless brand names.- History :... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 11 | KitchenAid KitchenAid KitchenAid is a home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation. The company was started in 1919 by The Hobart Corporation to give restaurants a countertop alternative to their industrial sized mixers. The first model weighed 69 lbs. Each unit is still assembled by hand in Greenville, Ohio... , Firefly Hot Air Balloons, Tabasco Tabasco sauce Tabasco sauce is the brand name for a hot sauce produced by US-based McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana. Tabasco sauce is made from tabasco peppers , vinegar, and salt, and aged in white oak barrels for three years. It has a hot, spicy flavor... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 12 | Everlast Everlast (boxing) Everlast is an American brand active in the design, manufacturing, licensing and marketing of boxing, mixed martial arts and fitness related sporting goods equipment, apparel, footwear, and accessories. Based in Manhattan, Everlast's products are sold across more than 75 countries... , Betts Spring Company, WD-40 WD-40 WD-40 is the trademark name of a United States-made water-displacing spray. It was developed in 1953 by Norm Larsen, founder of the Rocket Chemical Company, San Diego, California. It was originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion, and later was found to have numerous household... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 13 | Burt's Bees Burt's Bees Burt's Bees is an American personal care products company that describes itself as an "Earth friendly, Natural Personal Care Company"making products for personal care, health, beauty, and personal hygiene... , CUTCO Cutco Cutco Corporation, formerly Alcas Corporation, is the parent company of CUTCO Cutlery Corp., Vector Marketing, KA-BAR Knives Inc. and Schilling Forge. Its primary brand is also the name Cutco.... , Zamboni Zamboni Zamboni may refer to:* A registered trademark of the Frank Zamboni Corporation, manufacturer of ice resurfacer machines*"Zamboni" , by the band Gear Daddies*Zamboni pile, an early electric battery, invented by Giuseppe Zamboni... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 14 | Vitalie Company, Boudin Bakery Boudin Bakery Boudin Bakery is a bakery based in San Francisco, California, known for its sourdough bread... , Red Wing Work Boots Red Wing Shoes Red Wing Shoes is a footwear company based in Red Wing, Minnesota that was founded by Charles H. Beckman in 1905.Within 10 years of its inception, Red Wing Shoes was producing more than 200,000 pairs of boots per year and was the primary company manufacturing footwear for American soldiers... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 15 | Panoz Esperante Convertible Panoz Esperante The Esperante is a sports car made by Panoz, an American car manufacturer.There are several models of the Esperante: the base model, the GT, the GTLM, the GTS, and the JRD . Additionally, Panoz is more than willing to work with the buyer to make special modifications to any of the stock models... , Panavision Panavision Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product... , Ford Gumball Company Ford Gum Ford Gum is a brand of bubble gum and chewing gum often found in gum machines. It is produced by Ford Gum & Machine Co. The history of the company goes back to 1913, when Ford Mason leased 102 machines and placed them in stores and shops in New York... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 16 | Hale Products Hale Products Incorporated Hale Products Incorporated is a unit of IDEX Corporation.http://www.haleproducts.com/Main/Content.aspx Official Hale Website Like its parent, IDEX, Hale manufactures hydraulic equipment. However, this equipment is designed almost exclusively for the fire and rescue field.... , Fleetwood Motor Home Fleetwood Metal Body Fleetwood Metal Body was an automobile coachbuilder. The name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars.... , Duraflame Firelog A Firelog is a manufactured log constructed to be used as wood fuel. Firelogs are designed to be inexpensive, while being easier to ignite, and burn longer, and more efficiently than firewood. Firelogs are traditionally manufactured using two methods. The first uses only compressed sawdust and... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 17 | Serta Serta (company) Serta is a company based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois that specializes in making mattresses. It was founded in 1931 by 13 mattress manufacturers who licensed the Serta name, and now eight independent licensees acting like a cooperative own the company... , Powell Skateboards, Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo... |
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2005 | Season 2 | 18 | Barbasol Barbasol Barbasol is an American brand of shaving cream, body wash, and aftershave, founded in 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is currently owned by Perio, Inc.-The Invention of Barbasol:... , Becker Surfboard, Delta Scientific Company Delta Scientific Corporation Delta Scientific Corporation also known just as Delta Scientific is a company based in Palmdale, California, USA. As a worldwide corporation, Delta Scientific Corp. has been developing and making vehicle access control equipment since 1974... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 1 | Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc. , also known as "CAT", designs, manufactures, markets and sells machinery and engines and sells financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 2 | 3M 3M 3M Company , formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States.... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 3 | Diamond Matches Diamond Match Company The Diamond Match Company was the largest manufacturer of matches in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Jarden is the current owner of the Diamond brand.-History:... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 4 | Bicycle Playing Cards, Sargent and Greenleaf Sargent and Greenleaf Sargent and Greenleaf, more commonly known among locksmithing circles as S&G, is a U.S. company that manufactures combination locks, key-operated safe and safe deposit box locks, high security military padlocks, and associated equipment.... , Coney Island Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill.... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 5 | FB Washburn Candy Corp., Chemart Factory, Phoenix Decorating Company | |
2006 | Season 3 | 6 | Trek Bicycles, American Paper Optics Company | |
2006 | Season 3 | 7 | Tom's of Maine Tom's of Maine Tom's of Maine is a brandname and manufacturer of natural-ingredients-only personal care products, a partially owned subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive since 2006. The company's products are intentionally made without ingredients that are either chemically derived, have a negative environmental... , Braille Books, Herman Miller Chair Herman Miller (office equipment) Herman Miller, Inc., based in Zeeland, Michigan, is a major American manufacturer of office furniture and equipment, as well as furniture for the home. It is notable as one of the first companies to produce modern furniture and, under the guidance of Design Director George Nelson, is likely the... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 8 | In-Sink-Erator In-Sink-Erator InSinkErator is a company and brand name, known for producing instant hot water dispensers and waste disposal systems, generally called garbage disposals or garbage disposers. The company was founded in Racine, Wisconsin by John W. Hammes, an architect... , The Squeegee Squeegee A squeegee, squilgee or sometimes squimjim, is an onomatopoeically named tool with a flat, smooth rubber blade, used to remove or control the flow of liquid on a flat surface... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 9 | Bush-Wacker, Maker's Mark Distillery Maker's Mark Maker’s Mark is a small batch bourbon whiskey that is distilled in Loretto, Kentucky by Beam Inc.. It is sold in distinctively squarish bottles, which are sealed with red wax. The distillery offers tours, and is part of the American Whiskey Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.- History... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 10 | Sam Adams Boston Beer Company Samuel Adams is an American brand of beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company and its associated contract brewers. The company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, Harry M. Rubin, and Lorenzo Lamadrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA... , Deering Banjos Deering Banjo Company The Deering Banjo Company was started in 1975 by Greg and Janet Deering. They are located in Spring Valley, California. Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos.-A Master Luthier's Beginnings:... , The Jeep Jeep Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler . The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover which is the second... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 11 | Hawaiian Tropic Hawaiian Tropic Hawaiian Tropic is a brand of suntan lotion sold around the world, but more widely available in the United States.The Company was founded by Ron Rice in 1969. It was the largest private manufacturer of sun care products in the United States until being acquired in May 2007 by Playtex Products, Inc... , Garrett Metal Detectors Metal detector A metal detector is a device which responds to metal that may not be readily apparent.The simplest form of a metal detector consists of an oscillator producing an alternating current that passes through a coil producing an alternating magnetic field... , Eli Bridge Company |
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2006 | Season 3 | 12 | Chris Craft Yachts Chris-Craft Industries Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., formerly National Automotive Fibers, Inc., was a publicly-held American corporation traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It later took on the name of one of its acquisitions, Chris-Craft Boats... , French Luggage, USA Today USA Today USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 13 | E-One Fire Trucks E-One E-One or Emergency One Incorporated is an emergency services manufacturer and marketer based in Ocala, Florida.- History :Founded in 1974, E-One has a staff of roughly 900 in four plants in the United States. In 1993 E-One purchased Superior Emergency Equipment and in 2004 bought Saulsbury Fire... , Silvercrest Western Homes, Rubbermaid Rubbermaid Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of many household items. It is a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid. It is most well known for producing food storage containers and trash cans... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 14 | Alliance Rubber Bands, Pellican Cases Pelican Products Pelican Products is an American multinational company that designs and manufactures flashlights and cases. Their products are used in many industries including military, police, firefighting and entertainment. Pelican has over 1,500 employees worldwide... , Benjamin Moore Paint Benjamin Moore & Co. Benjamin Moore & Co., also known as Benjamin Moore Paints or simply Benjamin Moore, is an American company that produces paint. It is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Founded in 1883, Benjamin Moore is based in Montvale, New Jersey... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 15 | Mack Truck, Milgard Windows, Coca-Cola Headquarters Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 16 | Wilson Wilson Sporting Goods The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently is a foreign subsidiary of the Finnish company Amer Sports.... , Ansul Fire Estinguisher, American Ironhorse Motorcycle American IronHorse American IronHorse was an American motorcycle manufacturer that was founded in 1995 by Tim Edmundson and Bill Rucker. At one time, AIH was the largest factory producer of custom motorcycles in the USA. Their factory was located in Fort Worth, Texas, and housed the complete manufacturing process... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 17 | Frye Boots, Jostens Jostens Jostens is an American company providing yearbooks and class rings for various high schools and colleges as well as championship rings for sports, including the Super Bowl rings.... , Martinelli's Martinelli's Martinelli's is the brand name of S. Martinelli & Company, a juice company based in Watsonville, California. The company is privately held by descendants of the founders.... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 18 | Budweiser Budweiser Budweiser is a German adjective describing something or someone from the city of České Budějovice in Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.Beer brewing in České Budějovice dates back to the 13th century... , Nocona Sporting Goods Nocona Athletic Goods Company Nocona Athletic Goods Company was founded in 1926 by the Storey family in Nocona, Texas. In 1934, The Nokona baseball glove was trademarked... , Tomorrowland Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland 1955–1967 :The first Tomorrowland opened at Disneyland on July 18, 1955, with only several of its planned attractions open, due to budget cuts. The construction of the park was rushed, so Tomorrowland was the last land to be finished. It became something of a corporate showcase,... |
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2006 | Season 3 | 19 | Fender Electric Guitars, M.L. Leddy's Western Saddles, Wheaties Wheaties Wheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal. It is well known for featuring prominent athletes on the exterior of the package, and has become a major cultural icon... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 1 | Zildjian Cymbals Avedis Zildjian Company The Avedis Zildjian Company is a cymbal manufacturer founded in Istanbul by Armenian Avedis Zildjian in the 17th century during the Ottoman Empire. At nearly 400 years old, Zildjian is one of the oldest companies in the world... , RGM Watches |
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2007 | Season 4 | 2 | Limonera Lemons, Starrett Precision Tools L. S. Starrett Company L. S. Starrett Company is an American manufacturer of tools and instruments. Its products are well known among machinists and tool and die makers. The company was founded when businessman and inventor Laroy Sunderland Starrett , who was born in China, Maine, bought the Athol Machine Company in 1905... , Tums Tums TUMS is an antacid made of sucrose and calcium carbonate manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline in St.Louis, Missouri, USA. It is a non-prescription drug and available at many retail stores, including drug stores, grocery stores and mass merchandisers. It provides relief from acid indigestion, heartburn,... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 3 | Frito-Lay Frito-Lay Frito-Lay North America is the division of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips,... , Crane Paper, Steelcase Furniture Steelcase Steelcase is an international office furniture company founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan — as The Metal Office Furniture Company. The company at the time specialized in file cabinets and safes. Today, the company sells products related to interior architecture, furniture and technology... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 4 | Merillat Cabinets Merillat Industries Merillat Industries was founded in Adrian, Michigan as an American manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in 1946 by Orville D. Merillat. Now retired, Richard Merillat, took over from his father as CEO and President.... , Art Research Enterprises, Columbus Washboard |
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2007 | Season 4 | 5 | QubicaAMF Bowling, Honeywell Fire Alarms Honeywell Honeywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments.... , All American Hot Dog Carts Hot dog cart A hot dog cart is a specialized mobile food stand for preparing and selling street food, specifically hot dogs, to passersby. A cart operator must meet stringent health regulations designed to protect the public from food poisoning or food borne illnesses. Hot dog carts are quick and easy food... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 6 | Gore-Tex Gore-Tex Gore-Tex is a waterproof/breathable fabric, and a registered trademark of W. L. Gore and Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore, Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore. Robert Gore was granted on April 27, 1976, for a porous form of polytetrafluoroethylene with a... , US Pole, Skee-Ball |
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2007 | Season 4 | 7 | All-Clad Cookware All-Clad All-Clad Metalcrafters is a manufacturer of high-performance bonded cookware with headquarters in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The company markets its cookware to department and specialty stores in the United States, Canada, Germany, UK and Australia along with premium All-Clad bonded ovenware,... , Belden Brick Company Belden Brick Company The Belden Brick Company is an American manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry-related construction products and materials. Founder, Henry S. Belden , chartered the company in Canton, Ohio as the 'Diebold Fire Brick Company' in 1885 on the Belden farm... , Necco Wafers NECCO Wafers Necco Wafers are a candy wafer made by the United States-based New England Confectionery Company . Necco Wafers were first produced in 1847 and are considered by Necco to be its core product... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 8 | Aluminum Chair Co., Ball Aluminum Cans Ball Corp. Ball Corporation , originally Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, is an American company famous for producing glass canning jars. Founded in 1880, it is currently headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company has expanded into other areas such as avionics, space systems, metal beverage... , Homer Laughlin China Homer Laughlin China Company The Homer Laughlin China Company is an American pottery company based in Newell, West Virginia, which is best known for producing the Fiesta line of dinnerware.-History:... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 9 | Marble King Marbles, Dairy Queen Machines Electro Freeze Electro Freeze is company that manufactures frozen dessert machines, like soft serve machines, shake machines, batch freezers, etc., and is owned by H C Duke & Son. It is most known for being the soft serve machine used by Dairy Queen, as well as many other Soft Serve Ice Cream establishments... , Wigwam Socks |
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2007 | Season 4 | 10 | Sub-Zero Refrigerator Sub-Zero Refrigerator Sub-Zero Refrigerator is a brand of residential refrigeration and wine preservation products built in the USA. The company also manufactures kitchen appliances under the Wolf brand name.- History :... s, Astro-Physics Astro-Physics Note: This article is about the telescope maker. For the scientific discipline, see astrophysics.Astro-Physics, Inc., a manufacturer of amateur telescopes, mounts, and accessories, was founded by Roland Christen in 1975, and is noted for their line of apochromatic refractors.... , Tylenol Tylenol Tylenol is a North American brand of drugs advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, and flu. The active ingredient of its original, flagship product, paracetamol , is marketed as an analgesic and antipyretic... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 11 | Stern Pinball, Ditch Witch Trenchers Ditch Witch Ditch Witch is an American brand of underground construction equipment built by The Charles Machine Works, Inc., which has been in operation under the current name since 1949... , American Whistle |
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2007 | Season 4 | 12 | Oscar Statuettes, Shawnee Mills Breads, Merle Norman Cosmetics | |
2007 | Season 4 | 13 | Roundhouse Overalls, Franklin Art Glass, Sebatini Winery | |
2007 | Season 4 | 14 | Fuller Brush, Robinson Helicopter Robinson Helicopter The Robinson Helicopter Company, based at Zamperini Field in Torrance, California, is the largest manufacturer of civil helicopters in North America.-History:... , Morton Salt Morton Salt Morton Salt is a United States company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use. Based in Chicago, the business is North America's leading producer and marketer of salt. It is a subsidiary of the German company K+S.-History:The company began in... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 15 | Jacuzzi Jacuzzi Jacuzzi is a company that produces whirlpool bathtubs and spas. Its first product was a bath with massaging jets. The term "jacuzzi" is now often used generically to refer to any bathtub with massaging jets.-History:... , Sand Trix, Dr. Pepper |
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2007 | Season 4 | 16 | Head-Penn Tennis Balls Head (company) Head N.V. is a sports equipment and clothing company, known mainly for their alpine skis and tennis racquets. Founded as a ski company in Baltimore, Maryland, the company is currently headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Kennelbach, Austria... , WET Design Fountains, Starbucks Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 17 | Rock-Ola Jukeboxes Rock-Ola The Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation was, along with Wurlitzer, a top maker of jukeboxes. The company, which originally made slot machines, scales and pinball machines, was founded in 1927 by Coin-Op pioneer David Cullen Rockola.... , Samson Ropes, Karastan Rugs and Carpets |
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2007 | Season 4 | 18 | Ping Golf Clubs Ping (golf) PING is an American brand of high-quality golf equipment, as well as one of the largest of the remaining American manufacturers of golf clubs, based in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Karsten Solheim, who was an engineer at the General Electric company. In 1959, he started making his own putters in... |
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2007 | Season 4 | 19 | Filson Outdoor Apparel | |
2007 | Season 4 | 20 | Precore Exercise Equipment, Young Electric Sign Young Electric Sign Company Young Electric Sign Company is a privately owned manufacturer of electric signs based in Salt Lake City. The company was founded by Thomas Young in 1920 and today has divisions and branches in 10 western states, as well as in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas... , Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 1 | Hobie Cat Hobie cat A Hobie Cat is a small sailing catamaran manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie began manufacturing catamaran sailboats in the late 1960s and has become the largest manufacturer of small catamarans in the world... , General Jackson Showboat General Jackson (riverboat) The General Jackson is a riverboat—more specifically, a showboat—based on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee.The Jackson was named after another riverboat of the same name that was built in 1817; that boat was in turn named for Andrew Jackson. The modern boat was originally an attraction... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 2 | Shedd Aquarium Shedd Aquarium The John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium contains over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with of water. The Shedd Aquarium was the first inland aquarium with... , California Portland Cement |
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2008 | Season 5 | 3 | Viking Range Viking Range Viking Range Corporation is a privately held company that manufactures ultra high-end professional kitchen appliances for home use. Viking originated the "professional" segment of kitchen appliances with its introduction of the first professional-grade range for home use in 1987... s, Sears Tower Sears Tower Sears' optimistic growth projections were not met. Competition from its traditional rivals continued, with new competition by retailing giants such as Kmart, Kohl's, and Wal-Mart. The fortunes of Sears & Roebuck declined in the 1970s as the company lost market share; its management grew more... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 4 | French Quarter French Quarter The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. When New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was originally centered on the French Quarter, or the Vieux Carré as it was known then... , United Record Pressing |
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2008 | Season 5 | 5 | Twin Span Bridge, Maytag Dishwashers Maytag Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company, headquartered in Newton, Iowa, that is a division of the Whirlpool Corporation.-Company history:... , Channellock Tools |
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2008 | Season 5 | 6 | Chapman-Leonard Camera Dollies, Cathedral of Learning Cathedral of Learning The Cathedral of Learning, a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 7 | Old State Capitol Building, Elgin Street Sweepers | |
2008 | Season 5 | 8 | Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Wright Medical Orthepedics | |
2008 | Season 5 | 9 | Marathon Petroleum Marathon Petroleum Company Marathon Petroleum Corporation is a U.S. based oil refining, marketing, and pipeline transport company. The company was formed as a subsidiary on September 1, 2005, from the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, and is based in Findlay, Ohio... , Cape Hatteras Lighthouse |
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2008 | Season 5 | 10 | Fallingwater Fallingwater Fallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh... , Conn Denum |
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2008 | Season 5 | 11 | Chihuly Bridge of Glass Museum of Glass The Museum of Glass is a museum dedicated to the medium of glass art located in Tacoma, Washington. It is not to be confused with the various other Museums of Glass, such as the one in Corning, New York, as the museum focuses on Contemporary and Pacific Northwest glass-art.The museum, the... , Hoist Liftruck |
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2008 | Season 5 | 12 | Space Needle Space Needle The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over... , American Cresent Elevators |
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2008 | Season 5 | 13 | C. Cretors Popcorn Machines, Cleveland Arcade Cleveland Arcade The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet , along the four balconies.... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 14 | Conservatory of Flowers Conservatory of Flowers The Conservatory of Flowers is a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. With construction completed in 1878, it remains the oldest building in the park, and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory remaining... , Gilbarco Veeder-Root Gas Pumps Gilbarco Veeder-Root Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, is a supplier of fuel dispensers, point of sale systems, payment systems, forecourt merchandising and support services worldwide... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 15 | Brown & Haley Almond Roca Almond Roca Almond Roca is a brand of chocolate toffee butter crunch candy containing a ground almond coating and also almond chunks inside the candy itself. It is similar, if not identical, to English Toffee. It is made by the Brown & Haley Co. of Tacoma, Washington.... , PPG Place PPG Place PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. Named for its anchor tenant, PPG Industries, who initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass design consisting of... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 16 | Biltmore Estate Biltmore Estate Biltmore House is a Châteauesque-styled mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at and featuring 250 rooms... , CMC Rescue Equipment |
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2008 | Season 5 | 17 | Griffith Park Observatory, TiLite Titanium Wheelchair | |
2008 | Season 5 | 18 | Thomas Built School Buses Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Thomas produces school buses, activity buses/MFSAB , and commercial buses; both small and full-size buses are produced.Thomas traces its roots to 1916, when... , Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. It was constructed between 1933 and 1942, originally with two power plants. A third power station was completed in 1974 to increase its energy... |
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2008 | Season 5 | 19 | San Francisco Cable Car System San Francisco cable car system The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last permanently operational manually operated cable car system, in the US sense of a tramway whose cars are pulled along by cables embedded in the street. It is an icon of San Francisco, California... , Dennis School Uniforms |
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2008 | Season 5 | 20 | Wild Horse Wind Farm Wild Horse Wind Farm The Wild Horse Wind Farm is a 229-megawatt wind farm that generates energy for Puget Sound Energy that consists of one hundred twenty-seven 1.8-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines on a site in Kittitas County, Washington, east of Ellensburg, Washington.... , Bradbury and Bradbury Wallpaper |