tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post1528546511195008322..comments2024-03-11T18:43:28.064+00:00Comments on Another Androsphere Blog: How much did things cost in 1850's USA?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-73741184638425016882021-01-06T17:50:55.566+00:002021-01-06T17:50:55.566+00:00coolcoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-91108633939653048932020-03-02T18:37:03.167+00:002020-03-02T18:37:03.167+00:00may you please list the price of a house? thank yo...may you please list the price of a house? thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05806824348388716860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-13211895919377663652020-01-22T14:48:24.804+00:002020-01-22T14:48:24.804+00:00The chart says that a loaf of hard bread(which I&#...The chart says that a loaf of hard bread(which I'm guessing is just bread) Cost $0.44 so about half a dollar. Hope that helps :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-47159892788093641722017-08-24T22:15:08.499+01:002017-08-24T22:15:08.499+01:00How much to rent a room in a "luxury" ho...How much to rent a room in a "luxury" hotel in S. Carolina in 1830's?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02191715709295546479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-18242772862554737322017-07-17T12:59:05.843+01:002017-07-17T12:59:05.843+01:00Thanks, very helpful.Thanks, very helpful.Kunta Kintenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-5147422862835123842017-07-10T14:55:56.657+01:002017-07-10T14:55:56.657+01:00how much are shirts in 1843
how much are shirts in 1843<br />Lucy Halehttp://sexynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-83034495160496904992017-04-15T12:21:56.650+01:002017-04-15T12:21:56.650+01:00How much was a newspaper in 1843?How much was a newspaper in 1843?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-27483690938882088372017-02-06T20:49:34.451+00:002017-02-06T20:49:34.451+00:00Deadwood TV show had a rate of $ 4 a week to rent ...Deadwood TV show had a rate of $ 4 a week to rent a horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-46498358316855442732017-02-01T23:29:47.621+00:002017-02-01T23:29:47.621+00:00trying to find out how much it would cost to rent ...trying to find out how much it would cost to rent a horse per day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237619582374708476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-23197730374887332012016-09-30T04:32:57.315+01:002016-09-30T04:32:57.315+01:00cost of living per month every decade 1850 to 2010...cost of living per month every decade 1850 to 2010 would be interesting and keeps as a good record. dwarakanathnama@yahoo.inAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376307993448104360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-19822323995225591882016-03-23T01:10:52.226+00:002016-03-23T01:10:52.226+00:00Don't KnowDon't KnowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-52068027951184387792016-03-23T01:07:19.006+00:002016-03-23T01:07:19.006+00:00How much did a loaf of bread cost in the 1840'...How much did a loaf of bread cost in the 1840's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-26094916622512730102016-03-11T15:45:50.916+00:002016-03-11T15:45:50.916+00:00what is the price of landwhat is the price of landAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-55183763826158893492016-03-02T13:21:29.038+00:002016-03-02T13:21:29.038+00:00At a Price,... Liberty & Freedom, derived fr...At a Price,... Liberty & Freedom, derived from biblical law, in Creator inspired USA.<br />Was paramount in improving our wages & life style.<br /><br />At the "Cost" of.. Satan inspired . "New Deal" Free stuff, Progressivism, [the antithesis] <br />Our is nation is now broke. [In more ways than one.] God help us. <br />Lakewoodstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07827778209525081509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-6595681652564340662016-03-02T13:09:55.233+00:002016-03-02T13:09:55.233+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lakewoodstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07827778209525081509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-27147720803544244882015-12-24T10:13:28.223+00:002015-12-24T10:13:28.223+00:00The only data I've found concerning accomodati...The only data I've found concerning accomodation is rental data. An agricultural house cost $24 per year in the 1850s's. That's according to data from this excel file.<br /><br />http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/files/Maryland_1752-1856.xls<br />AABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046686945000483196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-86934400260175297022015-12-22T14:07:33.090+00:002015-12-22T14:07:33.090+00:00what is the cost of a house?what is the cost of a house?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-30078991833100966272015-12-08T11:14:05.436+00:002015-12-08T11:14:05.436+00:00What s Cooking Food Wine Life All mixed up Love my...What s Cooking Food Wine Life All mixed up Love my Coach sneaks! Cooking with Amy A Food Blog.<br /><a href="http://newcookingfood2015.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">food</a> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377517951077526768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-45833274944307727852015-11-30T15:15:37.454+00:002015-11-30T15:15:37.454+00:00Thanks! I can see why you’re great-great… grandmo...Thanks! I can see why you’re great-great… grandmother’s recipe got handed down generation to generation: it’s got me salivating just at the thought of it!<br /><br />You’re probably correct in thinking that the carrot cake would be expensive, because from what I’ve read spices have been pricey since time immemorial. For instance back in Medieval England ginger could cost 12 pence/lb, when the wage of a skilled worker would be 6 pence/day. (https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/wwwfiles/archives/munro5/SPICES1.htm). <br /><br />That said, I haven’t stumbled across any lists which mention the cost of spices in 1800s USA yet, so I really don’t know. I’ll keep an eye out though, and update the list if I find anything.AABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046686945000483196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-26693694022915524672015-11-27T05:44:32.896+00:002015-11-27T05:44:32.896+00:00My great grandmother was born in Prussia in 1840. ...My great grandmother was born in Prussia in 1840. She made carrot pudding for holidays. She emigrated to US in the early 1880's. Carrot pudding is a steamed pudding made with grated carrots, potatoes, oil, sugar, flour, cinnamon, cloves, and nuts. I was telling my family on this thanksgiving day, that I know carrot pudding has been served at holidays from my great grandmother's time too today. I was trying to figure out the cost of making carrot pudding in 1860 (just randomly chosen, my belief is that it would have been expensive to make in 1860). I came across your website, and I haven't figured out the cost yet, but I'm having a great time perusing your site. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-81954911450086103612015-09-25T17:34:42.413+01:002015-09-25T17:34:42.413+01:00INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-18143832503538756642015-02-23T18:37:06.178+00:002015-02-23T18:37:06.178+00:00Yeah you're right that they often worked six d...Yeah you're right that they often worked six days a week, the only reason that I converted the figures to five days/week was simply for comparison sake, i.e. to allow people to compare modern day incomes with those of the 1850s.<br /><br />Talking of working hours, did you know that the average amount of hours that a person worked during the their life doubled during the Industrial Revolution:<br /><br /><br />1400-1600 - Farmer-miner, adult male, U.K.: 1980 hours <br /><br />Calculated from Ian Blanchard's estimate of 180 days per year. Assumes 11-hour day ("Labour productivity and work psychology in the English mining industry, 1400-1600", Economic History Review 31, 23 (1978). <br /><br />1840 - Average worker, U.K.: 3105-3588 hours <br /><br />Based on 69-hour week; hours from W.S. Woytinsky, "Hours of labor," in Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, vol. III (New York: Macmillan, 1935). Low estimate assumes 45 week year, high one assumes 52 week year <br /><br />1850 - Average worker, U.S.: 3150-3650 hours <br /><br />Based on 70-hour week; hours from Joseph Zeisel, "The workweek in American industry, 1850-1956", Monthly Labor Review 81, 23-29 (1958). Low estimate assumes 45 week year, high one assumes 52 week year <br /><br />1987 - Average worker, U.S.: 1949 hours <br /><br />From The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, by Juliet B. Schor, Table 2.4 <br /><br /><br />Source: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.htmlAABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046686945000483196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165576859667181213.post-83254656588926482982015-02-20T18:52:23.332+00:002015-02-20T18:52:23.332+00:00I am curious. It seems that for the wages you too...I am curious. It seems that for the wages you took the daily rate and multiplied it by 5 to get the weekly rate when most people worked 6 days a week in this time period. Can you clarify/elaborate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com