Vintage shots from days gone by!

Could someone explain to me how something is 12 1/2 cents???

 

Mannnnnnnnn, you got me on dat one !!!!!!!!!!! scrubba

 

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Back in olden times, when dollars were made of Silver and worth something in and of themselves, people used to cut them up into "bits", or eighths. A bit is 12 1/2 cents......two bits is a quarter, four bits is a half.....etc.

My mom and dad knew this stuff all too well...he graduated from high school in 1928. And her dad died the same year when she was 15.

 

ya it makes you buy 2 for 25 cents

 

yeah you couldnt put him back together,,

missed ya round here doc...

 

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Image courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries ​

 

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Image courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries

 

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Image courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries

 

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Image courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries

 

My old home town. I can testify to the fact they eventually DID have speed cops

 

Fort Worth bomber plant, B-24 assembly, April 1943.

 

Gladys Wagner around 1915. This picture would have been considered risque at that time, and was taken for a "girlie" magazine

 

Pics don't show, only the red X's. Maybe just me?

 

Not showing here either.

 

Multiple derricks in Dark Hollow. This aerial photo was taken camera facing southeast towards the entrance to Dark Hollow. This would be the Consolidated Quarries Company. The operators shack that operates each derrick are circled. The operator can not see the quarry hole nor can they see the Monon gondolas they are loading. Dropping stone to hard and damaging cars was a common occurrence. Each derrick had 18 cables at the top and at least 6 running to the operators shack. The cable were "fair leaded" over the rock piles via pulleys and sheaves. Walking into a moving cable was pretty dangerous. Notice all of the channelers are electric. One not on this model of electric channeler. It cut on both sides at the same time making cutting very efficient.

Site is located in the IN Limestone District.

 

Limestone columns loaded on flatcars at Dark Hollow, May of 1922. The columns were made in 1921 and 1922 by the Doyle Stone Company and the Indiana Cut Stone Company Mill. Doyle owned both companies. By the time the building was finished in 1928, Indiana Limestone owned Doyle Stone and Indiana Cut Stone. Indiana Limestone took credit for this work in their advertising. The columns are heading to Pennsylvania for the North Office Building, Pennsylvania State Capital Group. There were 36 columns in total. There are 15 buildings in the Capitol Group. -Pete Pedigo Collection-

 

The triple crossing. Date unknown. You are looking west-northwest. The overhead tracks are the Indianapolis Southern. Tracks from left to right are those of the Evansville & Southern. Tracks in the foreground are those of the B&B Branch of the Monon. The E&I Depot was also shared by the Monon.

More can be found at...http://www.monon.monon.org/bygone/bandb.html

 

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In the 40's in Washington State, we had Tax Tokens and they were worth a penny for 3 so we could have had a buy at 12 1/3 cents.
Mike