“We are sorry to have to leave this tag.”
Parking ticket from 1954
Police departments like it when people pay overdue parking tickets. It puts a little money in the city coffers and tidies up the books. But a past-due parking ticket that was paid in York, Nebraska (population 7,638) recently gave the cops more of a chuckle than a chunk of cash.
A man, who never did give his name, walked into the York Police Department and said he wanted to make good on an overdue parking ticket issued to his mother. She’s now deceased, and the man found the ticket while going through her belongings. It was issued in 1954, and the amount due was 10 cents. The man placed the ticket, along with a dime, in an antique picture frame and presented it to police. This is one case where the police don’t mind hearing the word “framed.”
To put the 10 cent ticket into perspective, here are some average prices from 1954:
• Car: $1,700
• House: $10,250
• Gallon of gas: 22 cents
• Movie ticket: 70 cents
• Postage stamp: 3 cents
• Annual income: $3,960
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