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Word: junkmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Three months ago he bought the building at Seventh Avenue and 33rd Street, Manhattan, in which the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-operative Trust Co. occupied ground floor space. They vacated, leaving to Mr. Loft fine banking fixtures worth $150,000. When salvaging junkmen offered him only $25,000 for all the equipment, he decided that for such an amount he might well play as a neighborhood banker himself. His bank, created last week, has capital of $750,000, surplus of $250,000; is named Emerald National Bank & Trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Accidental Banker | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

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