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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 10131255, member: 1476"]According to the American Institute for Economic Research, the value of $175 in 1928 is equivalent to just over $3,000 today. That would be one half of the average U.S. salary at the time. A luxury item indeed (and evidenced by it being sold only in carriage trade stores.) More interesting than it was sold pre-Depression is that it was marketed in the middle of Prohibition. Would/could you post a scan of the Baker letter you found? </p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 10131255, member: 1476"]According to the American Institute for Economic Research, the value of $175 in 1928 is equivalent to just over $3,000 today. That would be one half of the average U.S. salary at the time. A luxury item indeed (and evidenced by it being sold only in carriage trade stores.) More interesting than it was sold pre-Depression is that it was marketed in the middle of Prohibition. Would/could you post a scan of the Baker letter you found? Debora[/QUOTE]
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