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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (September 30, 1861 – January 26, 1932) was an American chewing gum industrialist. [1] He founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891.
The company was founded on April 1, 1891, in Chicago, Illinois by William Wrigley Jr. Wrigley's gum was traditionally made out of chicle, sourced largely from Central America. In 1952, in response to Decree 900 , land reforms attempting to end feudal working conditions for peasant farmers in Guatemala , Wrigley's discontinued purchasing chicle ...
William Wrigley Jr. (born October 6, 1963) is an American billionaire businessman, and CEO of Parallel, a company that sells cannabis products. [1] He is the former chairman and CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company .
The William Wrigley Jr. Summer Cottage, or "Mount Ada", is a historic residence located at 76 Wrigley Road in Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island, California.It was the former summer mansion and gardens of William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932), the founder of the Wrigley Company. [2]
The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona, is a landmark building constructed between 1929 and 1931 by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. It is also known as William Wrigley Jr. Winter Cottage and as La Colina Solana. Located at 2501 East Telewa Trail, [1] it sits atop a 100-foot (30 m) knoll with views of greater Phoenix to the south, close ...
The Cubs held spring training on Catalina Island. A team called the Tigers played in Vernon, then Venice, then Vernon again. And L.A.'s Wrigley Field held night games decades before Chicago's did.
The land was selected by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. for the headquarters of his company. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White using the shape of the Giralda tower of Seville's Cathedral combined with French Renaissance details.
While Wrigley Field is a baseball venue, it has played host to hundreds of football games since it opened in 1914. Here's what you need to know about the history of those games: Chicago Bears home ...