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Florence Wolf Sicher
Photo of Helena Sicher Smith Helena Sicher Smith
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05/20/2015
Florence Wolf Sicher
A photo of Florence Wolf Sicher with her son Charles and unknown little boy in their store, Sicher Grocery Company.
People in photo include: Charles Sicher
Date & Place: at Sicher Grocery Company in Marine City, St Clair County, Michigan 48039, United States
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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02/02/2018
Michigan store, 1938. Look at those prices! Bread 10 cents, liver sausage 29 cents, baked meat loaf 26 cents . . .
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Habie Rose
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05/27/2015
It would be so nice if dates were included in photos. This photo is really interesting. I wonder when it was taken? Looks like 1800s but Florence was born in 1883, so it has to be around 1920s???
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02/02/2018
I could be wrong......but wasn’t 1938 right in the middle of the Great Depression?
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02/02/2018
Not in the middle - it was 1929 to 1939 - but certainly at the end.
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02/02/2018
AncientFaces: oh, sorry! I always thought ww2 was the end. My folks always said....right up till December 7th, they all thought the Depression would never end! No matter, 10 cents was worth a $1.75 in today’s money.
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02/02/2018
Monty Arnold The official end was '39 but I'm sure people still felt the effects - we're still feeling the effects of '08. That's interesting - 10 cents is $1.75 today? I hadn't checked that - so my bread today should be under $2 and it's almost $5. Sigh.
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02/02/2018
Early 30’s I’m guessing because my Grandpa was 16 and lied about his age to be able to get a job to work on the construction of the Hoover Dam....The dam construction started in 1931.. He was a gaffer...he hung off the side of a mountain by a rope with a jack hammer and dynamite....all to earn $6.00 a week..
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02/02/2018
AncientFaces, well, at least a new pickup is only $60,000.00
Photo of Susan Bennett Neel Susan Bennett Neel
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02/02/2018
My Grandfather worked in a store like this in the 1920's. The store was in Cleveland Ohio.
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Photo of Barb Bartel Barb Bartel
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02/02/2018
It would be interesting to see what wages were at the time.
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Photo of Lynden Mcdonald Lynden Mcdonald
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02/02/2018
25 cents an hour average wage in 1938
Photo of Lynden Mcdonald Lynden Mcdonald
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02/02/2018
My dad was 18 at the time
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Photo of Stephen Stockinger Stephen Stockinger
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02/02/2018
That liver sausage is still overpriced....
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Photo of Susan Bennett Neel Susan Bennett Neel
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02/02/2018
My Grandfather said that they sold cracked eggs. Everybody wanted them because they were half the price of the good eggs. You have to remember that this was during the Great Depression and there were lot's of people just barely surviving.
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02/02/2018
My grandmother once told me about how she spent $5 a week to feed her family of 4.
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02/02/2018
And after college, I spent $5/wk to feed 2 of us in the 70's. Inflation in prices has skyrocketed in the past 40 yrs.
Photo of Suzanne DeBernardo Suzanne DeBernardo
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02/02/2018
The little boy is so cute wearing that tie. When I see pictures like this, I want to go back in time and live there.
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Photo of Susan Bennett Neel Susan Bennett Neel
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02/02/2018
Grandpa also said that when they got Bananas in the store,sometimes there were Tarantulas in the box. I heard this from several other people also.
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02/02/2018
That happened here in the 50's - probably earlier too.
Photo of Jane Caligiuri Jane Caligiuri
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02/02/2018
I remember that in the '50s as a kid.
Photo of Terri Rine Rini Terri Rine Rini
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02/03/2018
Better the live tarantulas than the effects of "the harmless green highly viscous liquid" they (importers) used to dip them in to effectively kill everything on them--one more thing that one wonders if it helped cause lots of the health woes long years later bit by bit... make your own garden's folks:)...descendant of produce sales people here.
Photo of Sherry Seling-Morin Sherry Seling-Morin
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02/02/2018
Mmmm Liver Sausage 29 cents
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Photo of Gail Warner Gail Warner
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02/02/2018
Looks to be a very well stocked emporium.
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Photo of Terri Allen Terri Allen
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02/02/2018
Cool picture
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Photo of Bill Buschgen Bill Buschgen
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02/03/2018
When the federal minimum wage first became law in 1938, it was 25 cents.
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Photo of Kim Stephan Hightower Kim Stephan Hightower
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02/03/2018
I’m noticing the size of this store. It’s much smaller than our superstores of today. Perhaps we don’t really need all the extras that are in our stores today. I don’t really see any fresh produce or dairy products. Is that because most people grew and raised their own then?
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Photo of Frank J. Saffa Frank J. Saffa
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02/03/2018
..my great uncle Steve and aunt Hilda's store in Baltimore...1940s...
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Photo of Kristi Jackson Kristi Jackson
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02/05/2018
My dad, second to the youngest of 17, was born in ‘38.
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Florence Sicher
Florence Sicher Jan 1, 1883 - Nov 1969 Detroit, Michigan
Florence (Wolf) Sicher of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on January 1, 1883, and died at age 86 years old in November 1969.
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