Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation

Characteristic futuristic Bohn advertisement showing a streamlined ocean liner. Metal Progress, 1946.^[1]

Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation was a manufacturing company based in Detroit, Michigan and formed in 1924 from the merger of the General Aluminium and Brass Company and the C.B. Bohn Foundry Company.^[2] It produced a series of notable advertisements depicting applications of its product in futuristic environments.^[3] It merged into Universal American in 1963.^[4] Universal American merged into Gulf and Western Industries in 1966.^[5]

References[]

^ Metal Progress, Vol. 49 (1946), p. 483.
^ Wallace, Donald (1977). Market Control in the Aluminum Industry - Donald Holmes Wallace. books.google.co.uk. p. 470. ISBN 978-0405097867.
^ Flowers, Benjamin (2009). "Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century". books.google.co.uk. p. 95. ISBN 978-0812241846. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Bohn Holders Vote Merger". Toledo Blade. August 20, 1963. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ "Gulf & Western Agrees to Merger". Toledo Blade. April 14, 1966. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

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[1] Metal Progress, Vol. 49 (1946), p. 483.

[2] Wallace, Donald (1977). Market Control in the Aluminum Industry - Donald Holmes Wallace. books.google.co.uk. p. 470. ISBN 978-0405097867.

[3] Flowers, Benjamin (2009). "Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century". books.google.co.uk. p. 95. ISBN 978-0812241846. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[4] "Bohn Holders Vote Merger". Toledo Blade. August 20, 1963. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[5] "Gulf & Western Agrees to Merger". Toledo Blade. April 14, 1966. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

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