Money Tree

At the 1964 New York World’s Fair, American Express displayed a “money tree.” Its foliage consisted of a million dollars in currency and travelers' cheques from countries around the world.

source of images: worldsfaircommunity.org

You can buy a money tree bag on eBay for $95:

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 19, 2020
Category: Money | 1960s

Comments

So that's what one looks like! My daddy always used to tell us that he would go out in the back yard and pick some money off the money tree when the kids would ask him for some trinket or gewgaw that we just had to have, or our lives would end.

Posted by KDP on 03/19/20 at 03:37 PM

They do exist! They lied to us!!!

Posted by Brian on 03/19/20 at 03:57 PM

Shop Vacs were not allowed in the area.

Posted by ges on 03/20/20 at 12:54 PM

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