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To: 1Old Pro

...Troy, New York was once known for two things...prostitution and shirt-making... a little bit of history...

Cluett Peabody & Company, Inc. once headquartered in Troy, New York, was a longtime manufacturer of shirts, detachable shirt cuffs and collars, and related apparel. It is best known for its Arrow brand collars and shirts and the related Arrow Collar Man advertisements. It dates, with a different name, from the mid-19th century and was absorbed by Westpoint Pepperell in the 1980s.


5 posted on 04/30/2024 7:46:03 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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Troy, New York was once known for two things...prostitution and shirt-making... a little bit of history...

Jack "Legs" Diamond

However, he was convicted in a federal case on related charges and sentenced to four years in jail. Diamond was tried in December 1931 in Troy, New York, also for kidnapping, he was once again acquitted.

6 posted on 04/30/2024 8:17:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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The DeCavalcante crime family, as it came to be known, operated primarily in New Jersey, with interests in Connecticut, Troy, New York, and suburbs of New York City.[10]


7 posted on 04/30/2024 8:18:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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