Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was just thinking about 5th ave which is now called along Central Park "the Museum Mile" but used to be called the "millionaires Mile". I was thinking that the millionaires of the 19th century are no doubt the billionaires of today. But then I thought maybe I should check on that. Maybe I'm wrong! Maybe they had less? So I did as you can do that on the internet now. Turns out a million in 1800 is only 35 million now. I thought it would be a billion. And a billion is a thousand million. Or ten figures. So by trial and era I figured out that if you had 28 million then you'd have a billion now. I'm sure the Vanderbilts or the Whitneys or the Fricks at least one of them had that much but will check on that after dinner. Ok a quick check puts Cornelius Vanderbilt at 105 million. So yea he was a Billionaire by two or thee times. But as Leica was quite not around yet he could not buy all the lenes and a bunch of bodies. Too bad! http://www.cr.nps.gov/nR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/78vanderbilt/78facts1.htm -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/