Lockwood, Luetkemeyer, and Henry Co Catalog
I don't know how many times I was asked this question,
"How much did the Shelby Bulb cost in 1912?". At last
a
definitive answer for everyone! I just purchased these pages
on eBay that were from a hardware catalog during that time period,
about 100
years ago. Low and behold there are prices for the
Shelby Bulbs.
So, as you can see, the basic Shelby Bulb, like the 60W
Centennial Bulb, was sold to the public for 40 cents, verses
the standard 60W
oval bulb which was 38 cents. According to the
Inflation
Calculator it
would be $9.59 in 2014. Bulbs were not cheap
in 1912, but compared to the oval $9.11.
For colors you can see above you had to icrease the cost
shown above.
The more expensive bulbs were the 60W Mazda at $2.20 which
is $52.76!
LLH Catalog Pages (Not all Shelby)
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These are original pages from the Lockwood, Luetkemeyer,
and Henry Co. Catalog from 1912-1918. There was no date on this,
but Gary
Stadden of Wooster, Ohio, thinks it was close to 1918
from other items in the catalog, but Shelby Electric Co. closed
it's doors in 1913, so
it was all around this time period. Thank
you Gary for these pages! |