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How much did a house cost in 1890 us?
A $10,000 house in 1890 would be worth almost the same in real dollars in 2010 but more than $350,000 in nominal dollars in 2010.
What was a good wage in 1880?
The Average Annual Wages of Employees in Industry, Trade, and Transportation*
| 1. Nominal average annual wages | 3. Real average annual wages | |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | 651 | 578 |
| 1880 | 545 | 524 |
| 1885 | 581 | 589 |
| 1890 | 650 | 636 |
What was the average wage in 1895?
665
The Average Annual Wages of Employees in Industry, Trade, and Transportation*
| 1. Nominal average annual wages | 3. Real average annual wages | |
|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 665 | 665 |
| 1900 | 784 | 737 |
| 1905 | 849 | 755 |
| 1910 | 979 | 789 |
Why did laundresses have to work at home?
Laundresses who worked at home essentially converted their dwellings to a factory for part of the week, for getting the laundry up took days. In fact, the sheer disruptiveness of home washing was precisely why wash was sent out by all who could afford it.
What was the wage of a carpenter in 1890?
The chart shows a carpenter in 1890 at a little over 32 cents per hour and $19.32 per week. Laborers are shown at just over 15 cents per hour and $9.06 per week, so laborers are shown to make more than 3 times the wage of a soldier.
What was the situation of the British laundress?
The situation of British laundresses must to some extent parallel the washerwoman’s situation in the U.S, especially in the early years.
How often did postmistresses wash in the 1890s?
Malcolmson quotes a “well-known chronicle of English rural life” by Flora Thompson in which it is said of the town postmistress in the 1890s that she kept to the old middle class custom of one huge washing every six weeks. In her girlhood it would have been thought poor looking to have had a weekly or fortnightly washday.