Today I Found Out
It's a Wonderful Life- The Real Life George Bailey Who Founded Bank of America (2015x44)
Air date: Jun 22, 2015
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At the age of 14, Giannini left school and began working with his step father, Lorenzo Scatena, in the produce industry as a produce broker. By the time he was 31, he was able to sell much of his interest in this company to his employees and had planned to retire. However, one year later, he was asked to join the Columbus Savings & Loan Society, which was a small bank in North Beach, California.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/giannini_hi.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989772,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_Giannini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Capra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Madness
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Seattle_-_Scandinavian_American_Bank_interior_-_1900.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Swiss_Bank_Corporation_London_office_(1900).png
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