Box of Chalk
Here's a mostly unused box of chalk I found in one of my father's countless toolboxes. I'm sure the chalk was used for marking purposes as well as for impromptu games of lunchtime hopscotch with whichever fellas was workin' that particular job site.
The back of the box reads "Regent Blackboard Chalk — Non-Toxic — Made in U.S.A. by United Crayon Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 — Copyright 1947 By United Crayon Co., Inc."
"Now just wait a second," I hear you say. "You're telling us this box of chalk is from 1947 and yet it's got a 5-digit zip code, which were introduced in 1963 — what gives?"
Well, clearly it's an artifact from some alternate timeline where zip codes were launched earlier.
Or maybe it's merely from the 1960s, and they still carried the old copyright date on the package.
Box of Chalk
Here's a mostly unused box of chalk I found in one of my father's countless toolboxes. I'm sure the chalk was used for marking purposes as well as for impromptu games of lunchtime hopscotch with whichever fellas was workin' that particular job site.
The back of the box reads "Regent Blackboard Chalk — Non-Toxic — Made in U.S.A. by United Crayon Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 — Copyright 1947 By United Crayon Co., Inc."
"Now just wait a second," I hear you say. "You're telling us this box of chalk is from 1947 and yet it's got a 5-digit zip code, which were introduced in 1963 — what gives?"
Well, clearly it's an artifact from some alternate timeline where zip codes were launched earlier.
Or maybe it's merely from the 1960s, and they still carried the old copyright date on the package.