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prices from a 1902 Sears & Roebuck catalog(new pics added)
- Thread starter Lee Barner
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This is a fascinating subject, and one I had never contemplated. Great to hear experts think "out loud" about how the system worked during that time. Clearly the Sears business model was working at the time ! Great thread.
rednichols
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It is good fun, isn't it. I know I've learned a lot.
Here's a bit more, from my files, that's relevant to prices: in 1914 Captain Hughes, one of the best-known of the Texas Ranger captains perhaps bar Captain Hamer, had a payroll showing the number of men in his company, their ranks, and their pay.
As Captain the pay was $100/month; the Sergeant received exactly half that (surely not a coincidence), the Privates $40/month (so almost but not not quite what a Sgt. received). This helps us appreciate how much a $15.00 SAA and $22.00 Government meant to their personal finances.
Unlike the OP, some people hoard this kind of info but I hand out what I have in the hopes of getting more in return!
Did you know that Sam Myres, saddler and holster maker, was a volunteer Texas Ranger?
He appears in the 1930 census, now a divorced and a widower (two different wives) with 48 prisoners in his household.
He ap
Here's a bit more, from my files, that's relevant to prices: in 1914 Captain Hughes, one of the best-known of the Texas Ranger captains perhaps bar Captain Hamer, had a payroll showing the number of men in his company, their ranks, and their pay.
As Captain the pay was $100/month; the Sergeant received exactly half that (surely not a coincidence), the Privates $40/month (so almost but not not quite what a Sgt. received). This helps us appreciate how much a $15.00 SAA and $22.00 Government meant to their personal finances.
Unlike the OP, some people hoard this kind of info but I hand out what I have in the hopes of getting more in return!
Did you know that Sam Myres, saddler and holster maker, was a volunteer Texas Ranger?
He appears in the 1930 census, now a divorced and a widower (two different wives) with 48 prisoners in his household.
He ap
