patrick727
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Today,I found that my Hoover model 700 circa 1926-1929 sold for $79.00 when new.That is $1088.00 today. Lots of money.
Quality and Inflation
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suckolux
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Yes, things were very well made, often had to buy used, or rebuilt or on a factory credit plan sometimes, but they lasted a LONG time
rivstg1
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wow! that really puts perspective
on the cost of high end or quality from the past
on the cost of high end or quality from the past
madman
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Well inflation calculators don't always tell the whole story. The relative prices of different things are always changing, usually gradually. Also, it was the 20s, the economy was booming, people had money. Likely $79 was even considered a lot of money for a vac then, but they had it.
kirbyklekter
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I once saw a story
of how Sears back then, sold washers and dryers with coin boxes on top and all proceeds collected by them went towards your monthly (?) payment. Some appliances were kind of pricey for the average wage earner. Heck a lot of these appliances had recently been invented and were in many cases marketed to the well healed for their "help" to use. My grandparents were paying 25.00 a month rent in Oakland in the mid forties. Paying 79.00 for a Hoover would equal 3 months rent!
of how Sears back then, sold washers and dryers with coin boxes on top and all proceeds collected by them went towards your monthly (?) payment. Some appliances were kind of pricey for the average wage earner. Heck a lot of these appliances had recently been invented and were in many cases marketed to the well healed for their "help" to use. My grandparents were paying 25.00 a month rent in Oakland in the mid forties. Paying 79.00 for a Hoover would equal 3 months rent!
My Mother and Dad
Were married in Dec 1950, they saved all of 1951 to buy a vacuum cleaner and Hi Fi, now think of THIS...They made 50.00 per week, BETWEEN THEM! Mother got a raise in 51 when She took over the Personel Dept of the Lenoir plant Blue Bell, which was the parent company of Wrangler Jeans,I think She went from 25.00 per week to 40 ,and they paid 99.95 for a GE vacuum and 200.00 for a Stromberg Carlson Hi Fi..then in 1952 also they bought a 48 Plymouth for 350.00 , rent was 60.00 a month and they got 20.00 off in the winter for firing the coal fired boiler in the apartment building.Think about living on 50.00 per week!And being able to have a steak EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT!!! Mother said a big T Bone was 1.00!
Were married in Dec 1950, they saved all of 1951 to buy a vacuum cleaner and Hi Fi, now think of THIS...They made 50.00 per week, BETWEEN THEM! Mother got a raise in 51 when She took over the Personel Dept of the Lenoir plant Blue Bell, which was the parent company of Wrangler Jeans,I think She went from 25.00 per week to 40 ,and they paid 99.95 for a GE vacuum and 200.00 for a Stromberg Carlson Hi Fi..then in 1952 also they bought a 48 Plymouth for 350.00 , rent was 60.00 a month and they got 20.00 off in the winter for firing the coal fired boiler in the apartment building.Think about living on 50.00 per week!And being able to have a steak EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT!!! Mother said a big T Bone was 1.00!
