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Simplified 1040 Tax Form

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:36:02 +0000

In commemoration of Tax Day in the U.S., here's some humor from the time when photocopiers and fax machines were used to share jokes.

Simplified 1040

Latest revision for 1040 Federal Income Tax Form. Department of the Internal Revenue Service 07. 19_____.

Your Social Security Number ________.

Part 1: Income

1. How much money did you make last year? ________

2. Send it in ________

Richfield Autopia Driver's License, Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 1950s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:40:21 +0000

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A 1950s ticket and license for driving the cars at the Autopia ride, which was--and still is--located in the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland.

The Richfield Oil Corporation, which operated a chain of gas stations in the 1950s, sponsored the Autopia ride, so it's not surprising that the license also doubled as a membership card for the "Richfield Autopia Safe Driving Club." The main benefit of the club, as stated on the license, was "friendly, courteous service at more than 4,000 Richfield stations in the West," so it served as an advertisement as well.

For other versions of this ticket / driver's license / membership card / advertisement, see the Official Driver's License for Autopia posting on the Vintage Disneyland Tickets blog.

Richfield Autopia, Tomorrowland

These are the cars of the future at Disneyland.

This official Autopia Driver's License may be filled in and retained as a souvenir of your visit to Disneyland. It identifies you as an active member of the Richfield Autopia Safe Driving Club. It entitles you to friendly, courteous service at more than 4,000 Richfield stations in the West.

Richfield Autopia, Disneyland, Anaheim, California

Operator's License No. 711137

Full Name ________. Address ________. City - State ________.

Sex M - F ____. Height ____. Color of Eyes ____.
Color of Hair ____. Weight ____. Date of Birth ____..
Age ____. Occupation ____.

Right Thumb Print ________.

Your Signature ________.

Globe Ticket Safety.

Love's Cable, Handed in at Cupid's Court

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:50:42 +0000

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"Love's Cable. Handed in at Cupid's Court. No code book is needed for these cables, true love deciphers them. St. Valentine. Bow and Arrow Avenue, Feb. 14. To my valentine, I cable to say, I am yours today, my heart is true, my love to you. If the accuracy of this message be doubted, it will gladly be confirmed on payment of twenty kisses."

This folded Valentine's Day greeting was a parody of a "cablegram" (often shortened to "cable"), which was a message transmitted over the submarine communications cables that were laid across the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere as early as the 1850s.

So why would you need to use a code book to send a cablegram? Author Frank C. McClelland described how these worked in the following excerpt from his book, Office Training and Standards (Chicago: A. W. Shaw, 1919), p. 49:

How to use a code book. Firms with foreign connections or correspondents also find use for a cable-code book which helps greatly to cut down the expense of cable messages by shortening the number of words required to convey the message. A code book is simply a directory of code words arranged alphabetically, each word being the code for a certain phrase. For example, the word "Dardejante" may stand for "Draft has been presented for payment." and the word "Daricus" may stand for "Draft is correct; please pay." Nearly every kind of message is given in a code book.

Suppose we desired to send a cablegram to London reading "Merritt Brothers draft has been presented for payment for two hundred dollars Shall we pay for your account?" If we did not use a code book the cablegram would contain 18 words in addition to the name, address, and signature, which might bring the number of words up to 27. At 31 cents a word, the cablegram would cost $8.37. By using code words we would get this result: "(name) (address) Merritt Brothers Dardejante Morderesti Genageld (signature)," making only eight words, which would cost only $2.48, a saving of $5.89.

Spend Less Than You Get

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:31:26 +0000

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"No. ________. Amount ________. Name ________. Open a bank account of your own and watch it grow. Spend less than you get. The Guardian Trust Co. of York, Pa."

A bank envelope with some practical advice.

They Are on the Way from the Harrisburger Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:09:54 +0000

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"They are on the way now. Harrisburg, Pa., ________. Dear ________. We are pleased to inform you that we are forwarding today--____ letters ____packages. And we have noted your change of address on our records. J. A. Johnson, manager. The Harrisburger, Harrisburg's newest hotel, Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.M. Doc Rankin."

Milk Bottle Collar: Reminder and Order Form

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:40:23 +0000

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A milk bottle collar (for wrapping around the top of a bottle) that served both as a humorous reminder to return empty bottles and as an order form to ask the milkman to deliver specific items (back when dairies used to make regular home deliveries).

"Help keep down the cost of your milk by returning your empty bottles. Every unreturned bottle adds to the cost of delivering milk to your door. If you have any empties around your kitchen or basement, please return them."

"Lady, please send me home. Empty."

"Handy Order Blank. Place over return bottle. Please leave: ________. Name: ________. Address: ________."

For an enlargement of the middle panel with the cartoonish milk bottle, see Lady, Please Send Me Home!

Lady, Please Send Me Home!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:40:25 +0000

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The center panel from a milk bottle collar that wrapped around the top of a bottle in order to remind customers who received home delivery of milk to return their empty bottles.

For more information, see Milk Bottle Collar: Reminder and Order Form.

Molecule Man: An Atomic-Zany Musical Satire, 1949 (Order Form)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:07:55 +0000

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Ticket order form for a college musical staged in 1949 by the Scotch 'n Soda Club, a student theatrical organization that's still in existence today at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See below for the illustration from the cover of the program for Molecule Man.

Excerpts from the text of the order form:

Molecule Man, written by Bill Putch and Dick Riebling, directed by Talbot Pearson.

* Scotch 'n Soda Club invites you to attend its 1949 stage production, Molecule Man--an exciting change of pace in college musicals.

* A cast of over 100 presents a witty satire on comic book writers, against a background of sparkling music.

* It's something new--and different! Don't miss it!