Wild Bill@midwest.socialM to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 3 months agoCharity (February 27, 1906)midwest.socialexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkCharity (February 27, 1906)midwest.socialWild Bill@midwest.socialM to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoHer $2,000 coat in 1906 would be $69,816 today. Must be a helluva coat!
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI was thinking of that when I saw the amounts also - Just outrageously expensive, like if it weren’t actually published at the time it was, I’d assume a modern artist had simply forgotten about inflation.
Her $2,000 coat in 1906 would be $69,816 today. Must be a helluva coat!
I was thinking of that when I saw the amounts also - Just outrageously expensive, like if it weren’t actually published at the time it was, I’d assume a modern artist had simply forgotten about inflation.