Firday Photos : Ads from years long gone....

[480sparky]

Advertisements in the back of Standard Wiring for Electric Light and Power, HC Cushing Jr, 1915:

 

[peter d]

What's "Firday?"

Nice ads.

 

[480sparky]

What's "Firday?"

Nice ads.

Mie kompewters whey two speil Friday.

 

[RUWired]

i wonder how many guy's got nailed using the shurlok key replacing the lamps.

 

[480sparky]

i wonder how many guy's got nailed using the shurlok key replacing the lamps.

Why would they?

 

[ultramegabob]

I hate lightbulb thieves

 

[Karl H]

I LOVE the Shurlock."I need a Lock-smith,My lamp burned out and I lost
the key!" I wonder how expensive incandescent bulbs were back then?

 

[RUWired]

Why would they?

It looks like the key would contact the shell.

 

[480sparky]

It looks like the key would contact the shell.

Exactly. But why would someone get 'nailed'?

 

[RUWired]

because they were not always polarity sensitive.

 

[peter d]

Anybody know what $120 is in 2008 dollars? At any rate I can surmise that $120 was a small fortune in 1915.

 

[480sparky]

Anybody know what $120 is in 2008 dollars? At any rate I can surmise that $120 was a small fortune in 1915.

$2,603.65 today.

 

[peter d]

$2,431.65 today.

How did you determine that?

 

[480sparky]

How did you determine that?

Google "Inflation Calculator"

 

[Karl H]

$2,603.65 today.

How did you come up with that number?

 

[peter d]

Google "Inflation Calculator"

Oh right....I should have known that. :roll:

 

[480sparky]

Oh right....I should have known that. :roll:

Here's a shortcut.....

 

[peter d]

$2,603.65 today.

No doubt if Marc was around in 1915 he would own at least three Biddle meggers.

 

[Karl H]

So a Megger would have cost about as much as a used SUV. LOL

 

[480sparky]

No doubt if Marc was around in 1915 he would own at least three Biddle meggers.

No doubt, he would be 'camping out' in front of the supply house for 3 days, rain, snow, or sunshine, to buy one.