BY THE END OF THE 1930s, Americans had seen a lot of (and perhaps had enough of) scrip and other unofficial alternatives to the U.S. dollar. Even well into the decade, however, the state of California remained stubbornly receptive to monetary nostrums for economic recovery.
WHEN FRANCES HODGDON BURNETT'S sentimental rags-to-riches story, Little Lord Fauntleroy, was published in 1886, it ignited a craze among middle-class mothers across the United States to dress their sons up in the same confection of velvet and lace that adorned Burnett’s plucky protagonist.
After some seventy-five years, the residues of President Harry S.
Wolf Warrior Barbie, 2023 (Image source: Warner Bros).
WHILE LOTTERIES SERVED important financial purposes in the early United States, by the second half of the 19th century their operation was increasingly restricted or suppressed by the American states.
IN HER STUDY of women on currency, Virginia Hewitt observes that “almost all women on notes are personifications or idealizations, even when they appear
As a vehicle for premium marketing, the “tea check” has been overshadowed by the more extensive coupon and certificate circulations issued in the early 20th century by outfits like the United Cigar Stores and the
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