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Friede Globe Tower

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Friede Globe Tower
<B>Friede Globe Tower </B>(NY) 1906. #604. <B>4 shs. </B>Red brown. Underprint of a magnificent steel globe topped by a cupola and flag pole, towering hundreds of feet over a midway with a Ferris Wheel. Tape repairs. <B>VF</B>. <BR>    <p> This company was organized in 1907 to operate amusement enterprises at Coney Island. It was reported in that same year that Henry R. Wade, the former treasurer, was convicted of embezzlement. Mr. Wade testified that $146,000 had disappeared from the company's treasury with a portion of those funds directed to Mr. Langan, inspector of elevators at Coney Island. </p>