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Acquisition No.: 1997-01
Title: Ticket Receipt; St. Joseph School
Item History:

Ticket stub: "Given Away - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1962 - 366 AWARDS - $16,500.00 IN CASH." "Benefit of St. Joseph's School Fund, Bonneauville, PA . . ., " and others. Note $16,500 in 1962 equals about $107,000 in 2014. $1.00 tickets would now cost about $6.50 each.

$107.000 was a very substantial sum for small games of chance, at a time when Babyboomers filled the small town and well paying jobs were minimal.

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Location: Collection Book I
Acq. Date: 1997
Acquired from: Karl Orndorff - St. Joseph School cleanup.
Type: accession
Curator: ckrc

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