[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”2468″ css=”.vc_custom_1511406099448{padding-top: 300px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 300px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”The Art of being Art” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:90|text_align:right|color:%23ffffff”][vc_custom_heading text=”Since 1927″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:right|color:%23ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2478″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Celebrating 90 years!” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Literally, the best thing since sliced bread.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:center|color:%23e47d25″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1511445253077{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Highlights from 1927″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1511412528456{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2509″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]The film, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson ushers in the age of the talkies.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2510″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]The Model A Ford replaces for the Model T. The new Model A is available in four standard colors, but not in black.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2514″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]Work begins on Mount Rushmore in 1927.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2508″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]Popular musicians of the time included Gene Austin, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Ruth Etting, and George Olsen. My Blue Heaven, Someone to Watch Over Me and Blue Skies were particular favorites.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2511″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]Charles Lindbergh, in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis, becomes the first person to fly alone non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2512″ img_size=”300×300″][vc_column_text]January 7 1927. The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Inventions from 1927″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_hoverbox image=”2498″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”Bread Slicer” hover_background_color=”white”]
The first automatic commercial bread slicing machine was invented by American inventor and engineer Otto Frederick Rohwedder in 1927.
[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_hoverbox image=”2499″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”S’mores” hover_background_color=”white”]The first published recipe for “some mores” was in a 1927 Girl Scouts publication called Tramping and Trailing.
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After experimenting in his mother’s kitchen, Edwin Perkins figured out how to reduce the shipping costs of Fruit Smack by reducing the liquid concentrate to a powder.[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_hoverbox image=”2587″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”Pez” hover_background_color=”white”]Pez candy was invented in 1927, although the dispensers were not used until 1950. The Austrian candy was originally peppermint. “Pez” is an abbreviation of Pfefferminz.[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_hoverbox image=”2485″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”Electric Television” hover_background_color=”white”]
The first successful demonstration of the electrical television system was conducted by Philo Fransworth in 1927.
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The first selective jukebox was introduced in 1927 by the Automated Musical Instrument Company (AMI). Its popularity surged because the size of the amplifier could accommodate larger spaces.
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American Frank Ofeldt invented the steam pressure washer to clean buildings, automobiles and concrete surfaces in 1927.
[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1511445503532{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Most Significant Contribution of 1927″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1511445521378{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1511445551927{background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;}”][vc_column_text]Experts all agree, the most significant contribution of 1927 was the entrance of Arthur Wheaton. His love, warmth, wisdom and talent have been felt for generations. For 90 years, he has unleashed his superpowers on the world. Never before has there been such an amalgam of daredevil, fierce love, unwavering kindness, glorious ingenuity and brilliant resourcefulness all wrapped up in the same person. He goes by many aliases – Art, Arthur, Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, etc. The world has experienced tremendous architectural, engineering and artistic wonders due to his work. He continues to be a force for good in this world. He is dearly loved, considered an absolute treasure.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]
Experts all agree, the most significant contribution of 1927 was the entrance of Arthur Wheaton.
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