An antique ticker tape machine attracted technology enthusiasts at a 2014 Pook and Pook auction in Downingtown, Pa. Collectors bid until the rare Edison machine sold for $2,460.

Ticker tape machines, created in 1867, transmitted stock data before real-time electronic tickers in 1996. Electronic tickers display stock details like symbol, shares traded, and price changes in ...

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The history of the stock price ticker tape dates back to 1867, the prototype of a telegraphic ticker tape was created by Edward Calahan. In 1871, Thomas Edison improved upon and patented Calahan ...

By the late 1960s, the stock exchange was upgrading to electronic boards, leaving them little use for ticker tape. The parades dwindled: there was only a handful in the 1970s and 1980s. The 1990s ...

Retropolis U.S. women’s soccer team’s parade: The 207th time New Yorkers have dumped office trash on their heroes The shredded joy of the city’s ticker-tape tradition is 133 years old.

NYC has held more than 200 ticker-tape parades in more than 100 years, showering a range of honorees -- athletes, soldiers, politicians, astronauts and even a virtuoso pianist -- with tiny scraps ...

New York City will honor members of the 2019 World Cup champion U.S. women’s national soccer team with a ticker-tape parade through the “Canyon of Heroes” on Wednesday, in the latest edition ...