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Ralph Lauren in front of an assortment of ties in 1967 in New York.Lauren got an early start in the fashion industry, working at the department store Alexander’s while he was still in high school. After two years in the U.S. Army, Ralph Lauren sold ties for Brooks Brothers before leaving to launch his line of Polo ties in 1967 at age 28. The bet paid off,Dennis Washington in Ketchikan, Alaska.Washington got his first construction job at age 15.
Today heRocco Commisso played the accordion between the double feature movies at a theater in the Bronx.Soon after he immigrated to the U.S. from Italy at the age of 12, Commisso began playing the accordion during movie theater intermissions in the Bronx.
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