Dead Tree and Dead Rock Financial Statements
Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 09:10AM
Charlie in Dead Tree Format, General Information, XBRL General Information

I ran across two photos of old, old financial statements which I really got a kick out of and I thought I would share.  Check these out.

I have previously heard people refer to paper based financials as "dead tree format". This takes the cake though. Here is a "dead rock format" financial statement.

Early balance sheet

And here is one of those dead tree formats:

Wachovia National Bank balance sheet

Both of these photos come from Wikipedia

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