The past of money

Here are some print ads for loan businesses I found in a 1938 San Francisco phone directory, while looking up some artifacts found in my house.

It’s fascinating to me that 70 years later, a lot of these messages are essentially the same, except they are transported via SMS, Web and email. I note also that banks and stock/bond brokers do not advertise.

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