From the dawn of the Zip Code

[BurtWorm]

[MuseRider]

1. Now that is a blast

from the past. I remember that guy, Mr. Zip. Wasn't there a song that went with that guy on TV?

[NoPasaran]

2. Ah, Mr. Zip!

Never to be confused with Captain Zig Zag.

[BurtWorm]

12. I bet you still see a lot of the Captain at post offices.

;)

[Chipper Chat]

3. But they sure F****d up the 2-letter state designations

Quick - what states are AK, AR and AL ?
Times up!

[motely36]

4. Arkansas, Arizona, and Alabama?

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. alaska, arkansas and alabama?

[pagerbear]

6. Alaska, Arkansas, Alabama

What's hard about that?

[zbdent]

7. Alaska, Arkansas, Alabama

don't forget AZ - AriZona

[dr.strangelove]

8. Makes sense to me

ALASKA - AK, ARKANSAS - AR and ALABAMA - AL.

[motely36]

9. DAMN DAMN DAMN

I forgot Alaska!

[Chipper Chat]

14. better than "You forgot Poland!"

[Richardo]

10. Who remembers 'zones' in the big cities?

e.g.

123 Main Street
Los Angeles 3, Calif.

That's what we had before zip codes.

[SoCalDem]

11. Here's a treasure-trove of oldies.... enjoy

http://www.filmarchivesonline.com/onlinereels.shtml

[BurtWorm]

13. Wow! What a great resource!

:toast:

[Lavender Brown]

15. It's weird for me to think they weren't always zipcodes

Also, (sort of related) I'm always mystified in old movies when people give a phone number, and all they say is a name, and only a few numbers. What was that all about and when did they change it? :shrug:

[BurtWorm]

16. That was back when most people didn't have their own phones.

So there were a lot fewer of them. I guess if you said to an operator in Kansas that you wanted to speak to someone at MUrray Hill9-9999, they knew you were calling New York somehow. There was a rhyme and reason to the exchange numbers that's become totally obscured now.

[Lavender Brown]

17. Oh... cool

:) I've always wondered.