Family tree of George Edmund SMITH
Industrialist, Businessman
Born George Edmund SMITH
President of the Royal Typewriter Company
Born on 1879 in Bloomer, Wisconsin, USA , United States
Family tree
Report an error
More information
To promote the ruggedness of its typewriters, George Edward Smith, president of Royal bought a Ford-Stout tri-motor airplane in August 1927. This plane, commonly called the Royal Airtruck, dropped over 200 typewriters in crates with parachutes to dealers over the eastern seaboard of the USA on its maiden flight. Royal eventually delivered over 11,000 this way with only 10 being damaged. ... To promote the ruggedness of its typewriters, George Edward Smith, president of Royal bought a Ford-Stout tri-motor airplane in August 1927. This plane, commonly called the Royal Airtruck, dropped over 200 typewriters in crates with parachutes to dealers over the eastern seaboard of the USA on its maiden flight. Royal eventually delivered over 11,000 this way with only 10 being damaged.
© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
Geographical origins
The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived.
Loading... An error has occured while loading the map.
They are related
Are you related to George Edmund SMITH?
gstar_fiche_comparaison_description
Submit your relationship