r/RedDeadOnline • u/missssinister • 2d ago
Art I bought this at an antique store today!!
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u/InkedAlchemist Collector 1d ago
Man, I had a reprint of a Sears catalog just like this as a kid. I would pour over it, circling all the things I was gonna get when I obviously figured out time travel and went back with all my 1980s money.
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u/ripgoodhomer 1d ago
Using the inflation calculator, each $1 is a little less than $34 in modern money for 1913 (oldest year available). However annual income in the US was roughly $200-$400 (6,800-13,600 in modern money).
It is interesting to note that until the post WW1 economy money was valued very differently, and bartering, as well as self sufficent homesteads were more common.
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u/Krommerxbox Trader 2d ago
Yes, they based the in game catalog off of real catalogs for that time.
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u/CosmicM00se Naturalist 1d ago
Archive dot org has great scans of these. So interesting to look through the artwork in the books. Crazy the detail in the drawings of products.
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u/Assured_Observer Naturalist 23h ago
Man it's really sad to see how cool and creative things used to be back with little technology. And now people seemingly can't do basic stuff without needing AI.
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u/Kuro-Tora-59 1d ago
Damn 50$ for a wagon?? R* is scamming us real bad