Kin Seekers: Thought you might like to compare the cost of a few things in 1860 to give us a better understanding of the value of a dollar then and now: Average book -- $1.00 New York Theater Ticket -- $ .50 New York Times -- $ .02 A bushel of wheat -- $1.50 An you could visit the "old country" for $75.00 (my little chart did not say what 'class' this would have been. And for all who lived in the Patch towns: Linoleum was 'invented' in 1860 also. Happy Kin Seeking Janice RAMSEY LEAR Lompoc, CA