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Beatrice Alexander: Creating an Industry

BY Todd Coopee February 16, 2018 Profiles of Ingenuity

Profiles of Ingenuity

Ohio Art Company

Originally a picture-frame manufacturing business in 1908, Ohio Art Company took risks, diversified, and flourished thanks in part to the success of the now-iconic Etch A Sketch.

7 Things You Didn’t Know about Captain Kangaroo

Bob Keeshan, a.k.a. Captain Kangaroo, would have turned 88 this week. Here are 7 things you may not know about the television legend.

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