March 2, 2009

The Cost of Living in 1900


The Pen and Spindle has a terrific post today and I just had to share. Actually, they have terrific posts everyday, but if I listed them I wouldn't be writing anything of my own, and you would just read their blog and not Chicago History, and I would cease to exist. Can't have that; no, no, no. But, I digress. Check out "What You Could Buy for $50 in 1900." You'll laugh...and then maybe cry. (I think I need to do this for Chicago. Suggestions of a year?)

1 comments:

penandspindle said...

I could be horribly spectral and say 1929, but I won't ... Thanks for the plug, Sharon. I could say pretty much the same about Chicago History! I wish I had hours of free time just to spending reading your posts over and over again.