NYSE Paper Ticker Tape: November 15, 1867– March 31, 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS:


Dating Ticker Tape: Introduction


Dated Examples of Ticker Tape

  • Edward A. Calahan Stock Ticker: pre-1901
  • Sereno S. Pratt 1903
  • October 29, 1929 ("Black Tuesday"): Genuine Ticker Tape

  • Friday June 17, 1955
  • December 12, 1960
  • March 9, 1961
  • April 15, 1965
  • April 26, 1966
  • August 22, 1966
  • August 25, 1966
  • August 26, 1966
  • Ash/Pin Tray Example: December 7, 1967, and November 19, 1968
  • Ash/Pin Tray Example: November 21, 1968
  • Jewelry Box Example: December 7 (and possibly 5 or 11), 1967
  • May 18, 1973
  • April 9, 1975
  • May 1, 1985
  • May 23, 1991: Runoff
  • March 31, 1994
  • June 13, 2001: Replica
  • November/December 1983: Fabrication
  • October 1996: Fabrication
  • March 2005: Fabrication
  • Empty Rolls
    How to Read Ticker Tape

    This section is based on multiple sources, including Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (2003), and Barron's Finance and Investment Handbook (2003).


    Some More Ticker Tape History


    A Final Mystery

    A reader was told in 2021 that this item is stock exchange ticker tape from the 1920s, and he asked me about it. No, it is not a stock exchange item. After 18 months of asking people about it, a New Zealand–based Tibetan head monk who was then in India told me that it is Tibetan script of the mantra of compassion—om mani padme hum. It would have been rolled up tightly inside a prayer wheel. I think it was block printed by hand. After some searching, I found a very similar looking item for sale, including both prayer wheel and script, dated to 1800. I suspect that this is of a similar vintage. I left the images here in case anyone else has something similar and is similarly confused.


    References

    Timothy Crack, timcrack@alum.mit.edu (on average one week before reply).
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