[Mr. K]

WRONG~!

Back in those days SSN’s were issued mostly on paper- you went to an office and they gave you one off the stack.

The ‘typo’ error is complete nonsense

[curiosity]

Back in those days SSN’s were issued mostly on paper- you went to an office and they gave you one off the stack.

You are mistaken. SSN's were issued from the central Baltimore office starting in 1972:

http://www.einvestigator.com/links/social_security_numbers.htm