While both Title and Practice Acts focus on the health, safety and welfare of the public, Practice Acts require that interior design services be provided by a licensed design professional. They are the most restrictive type of occupational regulation in that they prohibit unlicensed people from providing interior design services.
They ordered equipment from Europe, and on April 19, 1937, they formed Perkin-Elmer as a partnership. Perkin and Elmer started their optical design and consulting business in a small Manhattan office, but within a year they were producing optical components in Jersey City, New Jersey.
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish emigrant who arrived in the United States in 1887. He struck gold while prospecting and used this money to open a shoe store, Wallin & Nordstrom with co-founder Carl F. Wallin in 1901. When the company opened its second store in 1923 Nordstromâs son, Elmer J. Nordstrom, was put in charge of it. Elmerâs brother Everett, joined the business in 1928 when he and Elmer bought the co-founders shares when they reached retirement. A third brother, Lloyd, joined the business in 1933.