"Have Car, Will Travel" (1929)

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:56 PM -0500 2/3/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>There's also "Have Suitcase, Will Travel," but that appears to be from  about
>1955. This one with "car" makes a lot of sense.

Agreed, although these were somewhat before my time

>It was often used in the
>classifieds.
>...

Aha.  The classifieds makes sense as an original locus, whether it
was "Have tux" or "Have car".  I was thinking telegrams--those
missing pronouns and articles do make it seem like telegraphese,
saving a few cents on each--but that would presumably apply to the
cost of classified ads too.

larry

>...
>(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
>_Classified  Ad 21 -- No Title_
>(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=92037497&SrchMode=1&sid=15&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1107
>485156&clientId=65882)
>New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Dec 18, 1929. p. 52 (1
>page)
>...
>EXECUTIVE, organizer, salesman, 38; fifteen years' experience; large
>following; especially salesman; have car; will travel.
>...
>...
>(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
>      _Appleton Post Crescent _
>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Pf2/SIh9fJOKID/6NLMW2qZQMwvA+r4RRd0RnJZZHKn16pvJDRvJgw==)
>Wednesday, April
>24, 1929 _Appleton,_
>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:appleton+have+car+and+will+travel+AND)
>_Wisconsin_
>(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:wisconsin+have+car+and+will+travel+AND)
>...local connection.  WILL TRAVEL. HAVE CAR. Address F.5S
>PostCrescent.....cement. Haul, yours out of the CAR, If WILL  pay
>you. One CAR  extra..