Remember that arrogant nerd from high school who wore pretentious hats, carried a brief case and was obsessed with the stock market crash of 1929? Well, he's a high-rolling investor now who drinks Dom Pérignon by the case and eats caviar like it's going out of style just because he can, gosh darn it! (He still wears that stupid hat, though.)

Photo of salesman leaving office with Investors Syndicate sign in background, 1956 (Toronto archives: Fonds 1653, Series 975, File 2313)