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The Lone Scout
08/21/09

In reply to Your Sleepy Summer Outrages
Adjusted for inflation, Kodak cameras' price range in 1900 (smack in the middle of the Gibson Girl period) would have been approximately $135-$2,500. However, even a model at the lower end of that range would have been a luxury for the average Joe, because the average annual salary at that time was $449.80. Moreover, who had time for vacation? Most people worked 9 hours a day for 6 days a week, and most folks of that period would have been in church or temple on the 7th day.

So, the fellow with the camera above is definitely a capitalist running dog.
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PandoraSpocks
08/20/09

In reply to Your Sleepy Summer Outrages
It is good to have a sense of history at times. And i like it. Would the arties call it a sketch or any early photo.
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