A 70-Year Journey in the Fortune 500 Time Machine
The 1955 list our irst-ever ranking of U.S. companies by revenue reveals a lot about how American business once saw itself. It also shows how dramatically the economy and the list have changed.
By MATT HEIMER
CONTENT FROM DELOITTE
TO LEAF THROUGH the July 1955 issue of Fortune is to open an Eisenhower-era time capsule— black-and-white photography cars with tail ins so many men in neckties. But perhaps the biggest clue that youve tumbled out of the 21st-century business world...
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