Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Ebay Deals; New York to Boston Boat Trip

This is supposed to be the last hot day of summer.  I'll believe it when I see it.

Deals from Ebay:

Readers Digest reported on Ebay oddities, as found by pigjockey.com.

Britney Spears' chewing gum ($14,000)
One Brussels sprout ($151)
A cornflake shaped like Illinois ($1,350)

... and best of all:

A partially eaten ten-year-old cheese sandwich, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary ($28,000)

New York to Boston by Boat

I mentioned the old Fall River Line the other day and wondered what it cost to go first class from New  York to Fall River, Massachusetts.  I have since found my ad for the Eastern Steamship Line in 1937.  This was another way to travel from New York City and  this is what the ad says:

$6.50 New low round-trip fare to Boston on the big liners Acadia and Saint John, via Long Island Sound and the Cape Cod Canal.  Sail daily from New York at 5:30 pm. Due in Boston at 8 A.M. the next day.  Roomy staterooms with reading lamps, telephones and hot and cold running water.. from $1 up.   (Personal automobiles cost $12 round trip.)


Wouldn't it be fun to take this trip?

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