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James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill

Item

Dublin Core

Title

James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill

Subject

James Dibble

Description

James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.

According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)

Type

Text

Format

Scan of a dollar bill

Creator

James P. Dibble

Date

unknown

Rights

Rights Holder

Hastings Public Library

Contributor

Jim Dibble

Date Accepted

11/21/2022

Text Item Type Metadata

Original Format

U.S. Currency

Citation

James P. Dibble, “James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill,” Barry County History Portal - Hosted by Hastings Public Library, accessed May 18, 2024, https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/items/show/550.