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of Terre Haute shortly after forming his partnership with Cox, greatly enlarging the capacity and sales of the firm. He sold the firm in 1875 to Crawford Fairbacks and returned for a visit to Germany, rebuying a half interest upon his return, with the distillery operating as Hulman & Fairbanks
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The firm continued to grow until its location at the corner of Fifth Street and Wabash Avenue was outgrown. A new facility was constructed, a vast, multi-story building occupying an entire city block, which was opened with tours and a celebratory banquet attended by more than 2,000 people in
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Herman Hulman conducted the business without a partner from 1879 until 1884, formally establishing the firm under the name Hulman & Company in that latter year. Herman Hulman took a new generation in the persons of B. G. Cox and Anton Hulman into partnership in the firm in 1886.
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In 1870, Hulman formed a partnership with Robert S. Cox, previously a main competitor in the wholesale grocery business, with the firm changing its name to Hulman & Cox. During this period, the firm incidentally employed future
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is an American private, family-owned, company founded in 1850 by Francis T. Hulman as a wholesale foods supplier of groceries, tobacco, and liquor, headquartered in
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The brothers would work together as partners in the wholesale grocery business until in 1858, when Francis and his entire family died at sea aboard the
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for a time. This half interest was then traded to Robert Cox for his share of the Hulman & Cox operation in 1879.
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Eugene V. Debs, "His Historical Review of the Firm and Eloquent Tribute to It,"
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which it began producing in 1899. In 1945, the company purchased the
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for $ 80 million. In November 2019, Hulman & Company sold the
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The Papers of Eugene V. Debs: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition.
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New York; Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983; pg. 7.
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In May 2019, Hulman & Company sold Clabber Girl to
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Private
Food
Terre Haute, Indiana
Tony George
Mark Miles
Subsidiaries
Terre Haute, Indiana
Clabber Girl
baking powder
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
beverage industry
Roger Penske

Lingen, Germany
Terre Haute
Indiana
Osnabrück
SS Austria
Socialist
Eugene V. Debs
distillery
B&G Foods
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
IndyCar
Penske Corporation
"Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions"
Answers.com
"Hulman & Co., IMS sold to Penske Entertainment"

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