Montgomery Ward and Co. vs. Northern Pacific Terminal Co. of Oregon, et al. Files, 1940.
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United States. District Court (Oregon)
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Jacob Vanderpool was an African American owner of a saloon, restaurant, and boarding house living in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon Territory at a time when the Oregon Territoral government enforced an exclusion law it had passed in 1844 preventing blacks from living in Oregon. In 1851, Vanderpool's neighbor brought suit against him, and Judge Thomas Nelson expelled him from the territory. From the description of Theophilus Magruder v. Jacob Vanderpool case documents, 1851. (U...
Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon.
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Incorporated in 1882 under the state laws of Oregon, the company acquired land and terminal facilities at Portland, East Portland, and Albina, Oregon. NP was one of the lessees of the properties from 1883 onward. The company's name was changed to the Portland Terminal Railroad Comapny in September 1965. From the description of Corporate records, 1881-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313866796 On December 7, 1940, the clerks and warehousemen at Ward's Portlan...
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was formed in 1903 from the merger of two teamsters unions to form one large union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. One of the largest and most powerful unions in the country, the Teamsters have been notoriously plagued by corrupt leadership throughout its history. In December 1957, the AFL-CIO ejected the Teamsters from the federation for non-compliance with newly enacted corruption rules. In 1964, Teamsters' president James Hoffa succ...
Montgomery Ward
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Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919. In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His te...
