Wanted poster for Keith L. Collins, a member of the gang that robbed a mail car in Council Bluffs, Iowa of $3.5 million, 1920.
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Reference 3-2-0-3-54, 0235.
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Charles Lindbergh inspecting the Spirit of St. Louis, 1920s.
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Reference 3-1-0-4-11, 0227.
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- 1920
- Orville Phillips and Fred Poffenbarger rob a Council Bluffs mail car containing ten mail bags containing $3.5 million in cash, stocks and bonds. FFIC pays the loss in less than one month.
- 1921
- Edward T. Cairns is appointed manager of the Eastern Department.
- FFIC cancels all registered mail coverage as a result of the Council Bluffs robbery.
- 1927
- Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis, which was insured by FFIC during its construction.
- 1928
- May: The Occidental Insurance Company is organized to complement the business of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and Home Fire and Marine.
- 1929
- Capital increases to $7,500,000.
- A fire at the Los Angeles auto show destroyed 313 new models spread out under four immense tents. The company's share of the loss was $118,000.
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