The Card Shop: Send a Vintage-Style Telegram


Updated 10/31/10 7:26 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Telegram Stop Sends Vintage Style Telegrams

I'm too young to have ever used a telegram, but I've seen plenty of old films where the characters receive or send them. The vintage style of messaging has always seemed so romantic and momentous to me — remember in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly finds out via telegram that she's lost her brother, Fred, in a Jeep accident? So sad! Though the Internet, email, and text messages have all displaced Read more

Website of the Day: Telegram Stop


Updated 09/13/10 12:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Telegram Stop Messages

I was a big fan of Telegram Stop last year when I first discovered it, and now it's getting a bit of a modern touch with the addition of photo uploads. For less than $6, you can send an old-timey message with the classic STOP after each period and even get a printed pic right in your envelope. Bonus — you can now send in large quantities for birthday parties, weddings, and events! Do you have Read more

Website of the Day: Telegram Stop


Updated 05/11/11 3:19 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 6 comments

Website Telegram Stop Lets You Send Real Vintage Telegrams For Under Five Dollars

Email's great-great -grandfather, the telegram, is now yours for the taking, thanks to the website Telegram Stop. With Telegram Stop, you just write your message (up to 400 characters), they insert the classic STOP after each period, and then they print it up to look just like an old-timey telegram, complete with the rad vintage envelope you see at left. It's $4.70 for each snail-mail message, Read more