[ARC5] Prices in "ye goode olde dayes"

[Glen Zook]

Minimum wage in the United States was $1.25 and hour if I remember correctly!
 
Glen, K9STH


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 From: Neil <neilb at ihug.co.nz>
To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Prices in "ye goode olde dayes"
 
> A little high for the DX-35. The price in 1957 was $56.95

In 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was earning $1.25 an hour for a 5-day
week, according to the testimony of his boss, Roy Truly:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/truly1.htm

That price of $56.95 for the DX-35 probably represented a little more
than a week's wages for an unskilled worker such as Oswald.