Thread: Singer Featherweight + a surplus parachute = wedding dress
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Old 04-25-2013, 04:56 AM
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catmcclure
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$14.95 plus $1.00 shipping doesn't sound like a lot. However, in 1949 minimum wage was $.40 an hour (increased that year to $.70). So that parachute cost a week's pay.
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