Old Media Messenger Pigeons - Present Day

April 4, 2007

Love it!

Nod: ‘Cross The Breeze, currently ranked 197 on the Power 150.

It’s a fact (so says Wikipedia): In the 19th century, Paul Reuter, founder of Reuters, used a fleet of over 45 messenger pigeons to deliver news and stock prices between Brussels, Belgium and Aachen, Germany. Messenger pigeons were also used extensively during WWI and WWII. In fact, they were still employed in the 21st century by remote police departments in India. However, thanks to the Internet, India’s Police Pigeon Service messenger system was retired. Put a check mark in the con column for the Internet.

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3 Responses to “Old Media Messenger Pigeons - Present Day”

  1. Kris Hoet on April 5th, 2007 1:21 am

    Thanks Todd - This video was part of the ‘communication evolved’ campaign of which I must say I personally like the ‘bottle’ video even more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qguZ7365lFA

    - Kris

  2. toddand on April 7th, 2007 8:21 am

    Thanks, Kris. The ‘bottle’ version is hilarious too. Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen it yet.

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