this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
6 points (100.0% liked)

NYC

882 readers
2 users here now

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Coke@lemmy.world
6
Robert Frank - Tickertape, New York City (1951) (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 months ago by tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world to c/nyc@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tickertape?

[โ€“] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Many decades ago, stock prices were sent to remote locations and wealthy homes via a stock ticker. It was kind of like a cash register tape, connected by telegraph to the stock exchange.

it's the reason stock have three or four letter codes. And it was the standard till computers took over.

https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/inventions?catid=91&id=539&view=article