1872 - Andrew Carnegie, Father of the American Steel Industry 1873 - Levi Strauss Patents Blue Jeans 1876 - Henry Heinz and the Rise of Product Branding 1876 - Alexander Granham Bell Demonstrates the Telephone 1880 - George Eastman Patents Kodak Roll Film 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry