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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 902564, member: 24274"]Just followed that link you posted on BABNC's "Early Years" and realized it's basically a rehash of the history section of the book -- and all the vignette scans are from the book, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thumbed through the book again and have a simpler theory about the 90th year mystery. This publication really reads more like advertising piece. In the mid-'50s business was booming and they were hustling for more work. I'm thinking they latched onto their 90th anniversary as a convenient "event" they could use for self-promotion. They may also have recognized that American Bank Note (owner of their rival, Canadian Bank Note) was likely to publish something more substantial in a few years, so they decided to beat them to the punch. Kind of hokey, but business is business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 902564, member: 24274"]Just followed that link you posted on BABNC's "Early Years" and realized it's basically a rehash of the history section of the book -- and all the vignette scans are from the book, too. I thumbed through the book again and have a simpler theory about the 90th year mystery. This publication really reads more like advertising piece. In the mid-'50s business was booming and they were hustling for more work. I'm thinking they latched onto their 90th anniversary as a convenient "event" they could use for self-promotion. They may also have recognized that American Bank Note (owner of their rival, Canadian Bank Note) was likely to publish something more substantial in a few years, so they decided to beat them to the punch. Kind of hokey, but business is business.[/QUOTE]
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