becoming_a_crone t1_j9glblz wrote on February 21, 2023 at 8:20 PM Reply to comment by 1945BestYear in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L Or someone wanting to send a confidential message via fax machine, so they put it in an envelope and faxed it like that. Permalink Parent 1
becoming_a_crone t1_j9glblz wrote
Reply to comment by 1945BestYear in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L
Or someone wanting to send a confidential message via fax machine, so they put it in an envelope and faxed it like that.