Month: October 2020

How Germans helped create the American Dream

From the Brand Historian’s Timeline: 1876 The Centennial year of the United States had its moments of high drama including the shock defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn, a deadly fire in Brooklyn in which hundreds were killed Read More

Keep Calm and Drink Your Tea!

From the Brand Historian’s Timeline: 1706 In May, 2020 after the pandemic had forced the closure of the economy, the Bank of England proclaimed that Great Britain was about to experience the worst recession since 1706. This was the year Read More

From The Brand Historian’s Timeline: 1962

1962 was the year that had it all: Missiles and Marilyn; Bond and the Beatles, Warhol and Steptoe. It also saw the introduction of two giants of consumer culture. Things hadn’t started very well for Lou Groen’s McDonald’s franchise in Read More

1937: A Year of Dwarves, Spice and Spam

From The Brand Historian’s Timeline Dwarves were big box office in 1937. Snow White, premiering in Disney’s first full-length feature was befriended by seven, meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, Gandalf departed the Shire for the Misty Mountains with Read More