Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1863, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour.

Armour & Company was an American meatpacking company founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers, led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business and had helped make Chicago and its Union Stock Yards the center of America's meatpacking industry.

Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1863, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour.

Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour.

Philip Danforth Armour Sr. (16 May 1832 – 6 January 1901) was an American meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicago-based firm of Armour & Company. Born on a farm in upstate New York, he initially gained financial success when he made $8,000 during the California gold rush from 1852 to 1856.

2020年11月7日 · Established in the mid 1860’s by Phillip Danforth Armour and John Plankinton, Armour and Company was a meat packing business that by the turn of the century had grown into one of the largest companies in the United States.

Learn about the rise of Armour and Company, a meatpacking business that made its founders wealthy in the late 19th century. Discover the impact on workers and the Packingtown neighborhood.

ARMOUR & COMPANY. Philip D. Armour, a native of New York State, began to work in the pork-packing business in Milwaukee and made a fortune after the CIVIL WAR. In 1875, he moved to Chicago to take charge of Armour & Co. (a firm owned by Philip and his brothers), which had started its move to Chicago in 1867.

House of Armour is the dramatic account of an erratic corporate ride, tracing the rise, decline, renaissance and dissolution of a renowned American company, but it is even more the story of individuals closely associated with the name, grouped within four remarkable dynasties which exemplify the almost unlimited potential existing in the ...

In the heart of Chicago’s meatpacking district, Armour and Company would emerge as one of the greatest industrial empires in American history. Under the leadership of its founder, Philip D. Armour, the company leveraged technology, monopolistic business tactics, and the meatpacking “disassembly line” to reach unprecedented heights.