Money chain letter. Printed Send-a-Dime with add for
an Al Jolson performance. US, 1935. Image
10¢
PROSPERITY
CLUB
10¢
HOPE-FAITH-CHARITY
This chain was started in the hope of bringing you
prosperity.
Within three days, make five copies of this letter, leaving off
the
top name and address and adding your name and address at
the bottom
of the list and mail to five of your friends to whom you wish
pros-
perity to come.
In omitting the top
name, send that person ten cents (10¢)
as a charity donations.
In turn as your name leaves the top, if chain is
not broken you
will receive 15,625 letters or $1,562.50
Is this worth a Dime to you?
Have the faith of your friend and this chain will
not be broken.
If you are unwilling to carry out this work, please
return this
letter to the last person on the list so that the chain will not
be
broken.
Name
St.
City
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
You Will Dance With Happiness When Your Dimes Roll In
AND WE RECOMMEND
FOR A THRILLING GOOD TIME
AL JOLSON AND RUBY KEELER
- - - IN - - -
"GO INTO YOUR DANCE"
AT THE KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE
Week of May 10th Thru 16th
Professionally printed on 10.5" by 8.5"
unlined paper. No envelope or names present. Present is 9" by 6.5"
envelope, one side of which is a "cost ticket" from a print shop.
The chain letter likely was in this envelope. It has folding into
thirds lines. The printers envelope has a form for detailed costs
printed on one side with some hand written annotations. Apparently
2,000 copies of this chain letter, with the ad for the movie "Go
Into Your Dance" starring Al Jolson at the bottom, were printed for
the "Knickerbocker Theatre City" at the price of $7.00, received on
5/7/1935. This "Knickerbocker Theatre" was likely in Holland, MI.
See accompanying jpg of this invoice.
Keystrokes preserved, sizing approximate in ad. Sic "donations" on
line 9. Image of
chain letter.
The two items were sold as one lot on eBay by Pink Empire Wholesale.
Entered by DWV, 1/7/2019.
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