“I have a trunkful of money to deposit”

Charlie Becker, midget trainer with Singer's Midgets, walked the smallest elephant of his troupe to Merchant's Bank, and made a deposit for Keith's Theatre. The elephant delivered the money satchel directly to the receiving teller

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Posted By: Paul - Tue May 19, 2020 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals, Money, 1920s

Matrimonial Delusions

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 27, 2020 - Comments (2)
Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Money, Husbands, Wives, 1900s

Money Tree

At the 1964 New York World’s Fair, American Express displayed a “money tree.” Its foliage consisted of a million dollars in currency and travelers' cheques from countries around the world.

source of images: worldsfaircommunity.org

You can buy a money tree bag on eBay for $95:

Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 19, 2020 - Comments (3)
Category: Money, 1960s

Albert in Blunderland

This'll get you hep to the real meaning of "socialism."

Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 11, 2020 - Comments (1)
Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Government, Insects, Money, Work and Vocational Training, Cartoons

Turnpike Toll Gun

Introduced circa 1962 by Lyman Metal Products, the Turnpike Toll Gun allowed drivers to shoot quarters and nickels into toll baskets. I imagine that, nowadays, whipping one of these things out at a toll booth could get you in trouble. But it's still possible to pick one up on eBay if you gotta have one.

Source: airgunenthusiast.com

Cedar Rapids Gazette - Nov 4, 1965

Spokane Chronicle - Jan 23, 1963

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 22, 2020 - Comments (2)
Category: Guns, Money, Travel

Capitalist Man

The New York Post has an interview with the performance artist who calls himself "Capitalist Man." His gimmick is that he carries around a see-through briefcase, which he claims contains $500,000 in hundred-dollar bills, and he's trying to find someone willing to buy it for a million dollars.

The price tag, he says, is "$500,000 for the cash, $500,000 for the concept." Any interested buyer gets to examine the bills before purchase.

Capitalist Man says that if someone does buy his briefcase full of money, his profit will go entirely to charity. But so far, he has no takers.

Image source: Facebook

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 16, 2020 - Comments (4)
Category: Money, Performance Art

John Thoburn Williamson, Parsimonious Millionaire

Source for story. (Follow whole text across multiple pages.)

His Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 19, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Antisocial Activities, Eccentrics, Money, Twentieth Century

Minimum Wage Machine

Created by artist Blake Fall-Conroy:


So, if this is installed in a museum, do people actually get to keep whatever money they get from it? I'm pretty sure some people would stand there cranking it all day.



Bad quality video of the machine in action:



via TYWKIWDBI

Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 10, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Art, Boredom, Money

The family that threw away $100,000

This had to hurt. As far as I can tell, they never did find the lost money.

I wonder if Doug faced any kind of punishment. Though arguably it's the mother's fault for storing such valuable financial documents in a laundry basket.

NY Daily News - July 3, 1970

Richmond Palladium Item - July 2, 1970

Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 25, 2019 - Comments (4)
Category: Money, 1970s

The Incassomat

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In 1936, banks invented “the Incassomat” or “robot cashier”, a machine to facilitate deposit making and withdrawals, to improve record keeping and reduce human errors in transactions. Soon, banks piloting it realized the cost of operating it was too high compared with the benefits of error correction.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 08, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Money, Technology, 1930s