Missouri History Museum

In 1909 the average annual salary was $594 per year, a washing machine cost $7.15, and the per capita furniture expenditure was $3.25. This account with Lammert Furniture Company, dated May 4, 1909, shows that Herman von Schrenk paid $24.00 for 3 chairs to be delivered to his home at 4139 McPherson Avenue. Dr. von Schrenk worked as a consultant timber engineer for many of the nation’s leading railroads, and had married Mary Kimball in February 1909.