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Word: balsawood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Capital of the original Comet model airplane company was $5. One day a solemn, blond boy, Samuel A. Goldenberg left the workroom back of old man Bibichkow's tailor shop on Chicago's West Side with $2 and came back with a bundle of balsawood, twine and glue. Jolly, dark-haired, young Bill Bibichkow took the rest of the capital and came back with a scroll saw. Working after classes at Crane Technical High School they began to turn out model airplane kits, sold the first one for 43?. For the first month of their partnership-October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Model Business | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

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