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| Reply To: | BP - "It's a bit disgusting, but a great experience...." -- Squirrel" < [log in to unmask]> |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:00:44 EDT |
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Advertisement in The New Yorker, June 15, 1929:
[Graphic: three suave couples in white tie & silk gowns around a board game,
prominently labelled "Ticker - The Wall Street Game"]
Text [excerpted]: "Have you staged your Ticker party yet? Here's Ticker, the
fast and furious new Wall Street game that is sweeping America - the hostess'
most powerful ice breaker.... You buy and sell stocks - they skyrocket or
crash - you're "cleaned out" or you "make your pile".... Screaming fun for 3
to 8 people... with Quotation Board, Stock Certificates, Stop Loss Orders,
Margin Calls, Bear Raids.... $5.00, available from Glow Products.
Submitted by, Grandchild of the Depression
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