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Post by turbocat on Jul 1, 2023 23:00:29 GMT -5
Inflation/rising prices are an oft visited topic here on the patch and well, everywhere. I ran across a pipe related example that I found interesting. First off, not a criticism, but I’m quite sure that Missouri Meerschaum doesn’t drop the bucks required for such beautiful stationary/invoices anymore. This old one is outstanding! Anyway, check out these prices. They are obviously wholesale, but wow. Rob Roy pipes for $6.75 per GROSS. That’s less than 5 cents per pipe.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 1, 2023 23:16:46 GMT -5
And gas at the time was .19 cents per gallon!😉
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Post by Silver on Jul 2, 2023 9:18:59 GMT -5
Very cool find! The engraving on the invoice looks like an automobile factory from that era.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 2, 2023 13:59:52 GMT -5
I wonder if that building accurately represents the size of MM back in its heyday?
The smokestacks billowing smoke, be it factory, train, or pipe I think represents productivity, and upward mobility during the Industrial Revolution.
The same optics nowadays would make some recoil in horror!
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Post by turbocat on Jul 2, 2023 14:48:41 GMT -5
I pulled up a photo of the current MM factory, it appears it’s the same location they were in when the invoice was made. It’s certainly possible, if not probable that parts of the factory have been demolished over the years, but I think the engraved picture may be wishfully embellished.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 2, 2023 15:01:07 GMT -5
In the past, I had seen photos from the production and storage areas for the cobs, and the inside certainly looks its age.
Amazing history/ longevity!
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Post by turbocat on Jul 5, 2023 13:36:40 GMT -5
By chance I ran across a MM 75th Anniversary postcard from 1914, same factory.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 5, 2023 21:27:00 GMT -5
The postcard says established 1872
The 1914 picture says 75th anniversary?
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Post by turbocat on Jul 5, 2023 21:39:07 GMT -5
The postcard says established 1872 The 1914 picture says 75th anniversary? I didn’t read it that carefully, upon re-reading it, it appears it’s the 75th anniversary of the founding of the town, in 1914. |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 6, 2023 18:38:30 GMT -5
That makes sense!
Knew I missed something.
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