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It is based on the Brink's robbery of 1950 in Boston, and the book about it, Big Stick-Up at Brinks by Noel Behn. Robbers stole $2.7 million in cash, checks, and government securities. [2] The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, Bruce Kay and George R. Nelson).
Reuben Ward Binks (1880, Bolton, Lancashire – 17 May 1950, Westmorland [1]) was an English artist in canine portraiture, Lakeland landscapes and wildlife painting. [ 2 ] Life and career
George Alvin "Bingo" Binks (born Binkowski; [1] July 11, 1914 – November 13, 2010) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns.
Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets. [6] Coca-Cola's 1888-issued "free glass of" is the earliest documented coupon. [6] [7] Coupons were mailed to potential customers and placed in magazines ...
A Brink's van in Germany in 2008. The Brink's Company is an American cash handling company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.Its operations include cash-in-transit, ATM replenishment & maintenance, and cash management & payment services, such as vault outsourcing, money processing, intelligent safe services, and international transportation of valuables.
Spiking a gun was a method of temporarily disabling a cannon by hammering a barbed steel spike into the touch hole; this could be removed only with great difficulty. If a special spike was unavailable, spiking could be done by driving a bayonet into the touch-hole and breaking it off, to leave the blade's tip embedded. [2]
The $1 million casino floor display, once a free tourist photo attraction, returned in August 2008. With $10,000 bills no longer widely available, the new display contained 2,700 $100 bills, 34,400 $20 bills and 42,000 $1 bills. That display was closed in 2019 due to pandemic health restrictions and returned in 2023. [3] [22]