Chicago: America's Workshop

Traces the rise and transformation of the city’s iconic companies, highlighting their impact on economic growth and innovation over the past century.

For more than a century, Chicago has been a workshop to the world. The city nurtured thousands of companies that supplied a hungry market with industrial products. Successful firms that survived nearly 100 years are Mars Candy, Motorola Inc., Abbot Labs, Radio Flyer, Rand McNally, and others. Aged companies that sold off their brands or were bo...