The coupon department of great Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. is at the east end of the second or main banking floor of the company's 23-story building running between Clark and La Salle Streets in Chicago. The central hall is entered by two wide stairways leading from the street floor, the walls flanked by mammoth columns topped by murals. The coupon department, U-shaped, gives access to the bank's customers on three sides. In the centre of the U is window No. 77, and behind this window customers could be sure to find Walter...
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