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...combed Siberia for the finest sables, but bid in the London market for the finest ermine, sent its agents across Canada on the lookout for mink. Even men coveted the Gunther's label. Gunther's long operated the only men's fur department in Manhattan, offering coats made of every kind of fur, from buffalo, favored by post-Civil War tycoons, to collegiate raccoon. But sables for the ladies inspired the legends. On Black Friday of the 1929 crash, Gunther's delivered a $70,000 sable coat to a customer, needlessly worried about payment (the customer...
...Gules, with voided mascles conjoined, three, three, and one, or" is the heraldic description of the Quincy House coat of arms. Adopted by crusader Sieur de Quincy in the 13th century, the seal has been part of the illustrious Quincy tradition for 700 years...
...coat of arms came to this country from England late in the 17th century and was borne in subsequent years by Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard...
Translating from the archaic, Master John M. Bullitt '43, describes the coat of arms as "red, with hollow diamonds joined together in rows of three, three, and one in gold...
...Davenport, one of the three detectives called in by university police to question Roderick P. Murphy, noticed that the youth was wearing an expensive-looking but ill-fitting tweed topcoat. Recalling the robbery report, Davenport said, "You gave that guy quite a beating when you stole the coat and wallet...