Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A Greeting by Western Union





This old Western Union telegram isn't terribly interesting beyond that fact that it still exists.

The short note reads:
UN 27 UNION 11 520 P.M.

MISS ELAINE MARTIN
143 WASHINGTON AVE
UNION, N.J.

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES..MAY THE YEARS AHEAD BRING THE FULFILLMENT OF YOUR FONDEST HOPES..

MRS. MURTHA AND CECELIA
Western Union now focuses on money transfers. The company's telegram infrastructure was sold off in 2006 and now operates as iTelegram, a company that touts its "trusted" telegram service, but can't even avoid typos on its website:





I'm sure Samuel Finley Breese Morse would roll his eyes at that one.

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