Top 10 American Companies That Made Products That Lasted 50 Years Then Vanished

Top 10 American Companies That Made Products That Lasted 50 Years Then Vanished Explained Like You're 5. The products still work. The companies are gone. Tappan put the first microwave oven in an American kitchen in 1955, then watched Japan sell the idea. Magnavox invented the modern loudspeaker and the home video game console, and ended up as a sticker on a discount TV. Wurlitzer's jukebox played every song in America, then faded to silence. And the Sunbeam Mixmaster on your grandmother's counter is probably still running, longer than the company that built it. Plus Bethlehem Steel, Plymouth, Philco, Sylvania, Pullman, and Horn & Hardart. Ten American companies that built things to last 50 years, and then vanished themselves.