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Unread 08-12-2017, 06:22 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen View Post
That is a bit misleading where they give the average wage from 1910, when the country was just recovering from the crash of 1907. By 1916 things were booming with many new factories being built and others expanded for production to feed that war in Europe.
I'm just the messenger, I didn't gather the data. My sister sent me this and I thought I would pass it on, I found it put owning a Parker back then in a better light. I suspect more people can afford one today than could back in 1916.
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