Dear researchers, One thing that I like to do is learn more about the times that my ancestors lived in and I thought others might be interested as well. I subscribe to a computer "techie" list call Kim Kamando and this suggestion is link is from that list - I thought some of you might enjoy it as well. Best wishes. Pat "Time Warp: 1900 vs. Now Part of Time Magazine's end-of-the-century celebration, Time Warp displays stats and info from the United States and world for the early part of the 1900s and the present in order to compare life at the start of the century with life now. Data provided includes populations and mortality; employment, unemployment and salary information; cars and trains; the shrinkage of farm and forest lands; comparative prices of consumer goods and more. http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/time100/timewarp/timewarp.html" As an example - this is from that Time web site: U.S. EVERY DAY LIFE IN 1900:: - 1 in 7 homes had a bathtub - 1 in 13 homes had a telephone - Brownie camera: $1 - lb.of sugar: 4 cents - dozen eggs: 14 cents - lb. of butter: 24 cents