[ARC5] [External Sender] Re: I scanned the 1986 Fair Radio catalog

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Median income in 1947 was $3,000 a year according to the US Census data.
20% of the population made $5,000 a year or more. Those are “pre-tax” numbers.
If you look at a $100 a week paycheck that puts you still further up in the range. 

Bob

> On Aug 22, 2023, at 1:50 PM, Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As I recall, my Dad made $100 per week in 1947. He had a wife and me. He was an auto mechanic and that pay would probably qualify him as middle class. 
> 
> Dave, K4TO 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 10:33 AM Rich Post <kb8tad at gmail.com <mailto:kb8tad at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Google "Inflation calculator gov" for 
>> 
>> <https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl>  
>> 
>> Enter the amount and choose the year and month
>> $39.95 in Jan 1947 equates to $568.02 in July 2023
>> 
>> Inflation is not your friend
>> 
>> Rich KB8TAD
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 10:07 AM Bill Henderson <bill.henderson at ocdsb.ca <mailto:bill.henderson at ocdsb.ca>> wrote:
>>> What was the buying power of $39.95 in 1947?
>>> 
>>> What would be the equivalent in today's dollars?
>>> 
>>> Was that an acreage week or month pay?
>>> 
>>>  - Bill H. / va3hwa
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>>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM <releazer at earthlink.net <mailto:releazer at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>>> The Fair Radio Catalogs were an educational tool in their own right.  I got my first one, in 1973, in order to look for some of the radios mentioned in reprints of the P-51D and P-47D pilot's manuals. That catalog listed a fascinating set called the APX-6, referencing articles in something called "QST."  Our college main library had QST issues going back to the 1920's.  And what came after that is now history.
>>>> Anyway, I have Fair catalogs going back to 1973.  And what made me wish for a time machine were those 1947 ads in QST, such as a complete brand new SCR-274-N installation for $39.95 from some place called Radio Shack.
>>>> 
>>>> Wayne
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