Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation 1938

This button commemorates the purchase of Carnegie Steel Company by the United States Steel Corporation.  USS or U.S. Steel was a large corporation with control over many subsidiary companies.  After the purchase of Carnegie Steel in the early 1900's, the subsidiary company changed the name to Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company in the 1930's.

Carnegie Steel was established in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania is the late 1800's by Andrew Carnegie.