That is from 1912. To answer the OP question about rates....Exactly what I was thinking...lotta people made around 1-2 dollars a day.
The average weekly income in 1912 was $14.42.... meaning the act of 69 was roughly equivalent to 2.5 days of pay.
(You could buy a nice house between $2,000 and $5,000 at that time). Originally Posted by OldSarge