Click on any underscored year and see what was going on. Perhaps it's the year you were born, graduated school, started a job, were married, had a child, or any important event. It's fun, educational, and entertaining.

We plan on adding to this Timeline on an ongoing basis throughout this 85th Anniversary commemorative year, decade by decade... so visit again and again and take a walk down History Lane with us. Don't forget to click on the links for An American Adventure, to read the memoir of the company's founder, John B. Henkels Jr.

 

1920s
Early Days
and
Early Growth in
the Jazz Age

1930s
Struggling for
Survival
During the
Great Depression

1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939

Early 1940s
The World is at
War and
Uncle Sam
Needs Everybody

Late 1940s
Possibility
Abounds
in Victorious,
Post-War America

1950s
Prosperity and a
Hot Economy at
Home; and a Cold
War Abroad 

1960s
Vigor, Expansion,
Innovation and
Explosive Change
Mark the Era

1970s
A Time of
Momentous
Changes -- Some
Good, Some Sad

1980s
Information Age
Holds Tremendous
Promise for
Growth

1990s
The Go-Go
Economy
Brings Enormous
Transformations

Beyond 2000
A New Century and
New Millennium
Bring New
Challenges