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John Durrant Larkin (September 29, 1845 - February 15, 1926) was an American business magnate who pioneered the mail-order business model, developed (with business partner and brother-in-law Elbert Hubbard) the marketing strategy of offering premiums to customers, introduced revolutionary employment innovations, and commissioned Frank Lloyd ...
John Durrant Larkin. John Durrant Larkin, was born in Buffalo in 1845 at 13 Clinton Street, where the Lafayette Hotel now stands. John Durrant was the middle child of Levi and Mary Ann Durrant Larkin's seven children. He was only seven when his father died.
JOHN D. LARKIN, JR.: A Mystery Unraveled. When I first considered writing about John D. Larkin, Jr. (hereinafter, “Jr.”), I anticipated being highly critical of him.
Nov 27, 2019 · John D. Larkin died in 1926 and his sons John Jr. and Harry H. Larkin led the company during the following decades. In 1950, after years of neglect and vandalism, the Larkin Administration Building was demolished.
John D. Larkin became involved in the soap industry in 1862, when he began working as a clerk in the office of the Buffalo soap works of his brother-in-law, Justus Weller.
When John D. Larkin died in 1926 he was one of Buffalo’s most respected citizens. The benign patriarch of a factory and family had taken his successes in stride in a steady sequence of seamless transitions to ever higher levels of prestige.
Oct 18, 2013 · LARKIN HISTORY (#41) - FOR JOHN D. LARKIN, SR., BUILDING WAS A PASSION. From the moment John D. Larkin, Sr. returned to his hometown, Buffalo, with his young family in 1875, he began building structures, both domestic and commercial. His grandson/biographer Daniel I. Larkin wrote “John D. Larkin: A Business Pioneer” (hereafter “Dan”).
John D. Larkin - Ilustrated Biography. Larkland Five houses built by by John D. Larkin for his wife and family. Essays by Sharon Osgood on the Larkin Soap Co. Brian Kellogg, The Re-internment of Red Jacket and Mary Jemison.
John Larkin (April 11, 1912 – January 29, 1965) was an American actor whose nearly 30-year career was capped by his 1950s portrayal of two fictional criminal attorneys – Perry Mason on radio and Mike Karr on television daytime drama The Edge of Night.
Sep 10, 2019 · John Larkin, with his brother-in-law Elbert Hubbard, founded the Larkin Company, the manufacturer of Plain and Fancy Soaps. As their business grew, they expanded into mail order, one of the first American companies to do so.
