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How Much Did Allen & Betty Spend on Parking in 1963?

20 Thursday Oct 2011

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Don’t we all lie awake each night pondering that very question?

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A few observations:

The firm of Edward Traubner & Co. managed the business interests of many performers.  The company filed its articles of incorporation on Friday, February 17, 1956.

The couple estimated that they spent $400 on “business parking” in 1963.  In 2011 dollars, that’s about $2825.  That’s a lot of parking at a time when the average annual wage in the United States was $4,397. Where were they parking?!

Finally, this is the only example I’ve ever seen of Betty signing as Betty Ludden, rather than Betty White (personally or professionally) or Betty White Ludden (for documents & contracts).

Betty Shares Her Needlepoint

20 Thursday Oct 2011

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From Good Housekeeping Needlecraft, Spring/Summer 1979:

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It’s nice to see an article with some out-of-the-ordinary pictures.

I’m also impressed that she spent four years on a single needlepoint rug — I can’t imagine staying with one thing that long!

The article describes a director’s chair she stitched for Allen: “The chair, done in Allen’s favorite marigold colors, has his name and motif on the back.” What do you suppose Allen’s motif was?  Perhaps a little Allen head in caricature?

Betty’s Banana Loaf… Not Likely!

18 Tuesday Oct 2011

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Here’s a interesting item I found on eBay. Someone was selling a beat-up plain wood recipe box with this recipe card inside it. Bidding started at $50 and there were no takers. I love how people think their junk is worth a ton!

Anyway. I digress… The rare “Betty White recipes” (I’ve only seen one other example – for “Chicken Wings Pacifica”) are amusing, as Betty is a self-admitted klutz in the kitchen. And was the public really to believe she cared what brand of flour she allegedly used? I wonder if there were other variations of this card?

I would date it at about 1954. All in all, an interesting piece.

And Our First Item Is… The Marriage Certificate

18 Tuesday Oct 2011

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Fittingly, we’ll start with the marriage certificate. Betty and Allen were married in Las Vegas at the Sands on Friday, June 14, 1963. The judge, David Zenoff, is the same one that married Allen’s BFF, Grant Tinker, to wife Mary Tyler Moore. Betty’s parents served as the witnesses.

Please observe:

  • Betty’s father, Horace White, had a signature that was quite similar to that of his daughter.
  • See the address written at the top? That’s likely Allen’s mailing address at the time; though the newlyweds and family would move into a different home within two months of the marriage.