What did it cost to send a volunteer to Spain?
An undated report listed the costs for sending a volunteer:
| Passport, birth certificate, picture, fare tot County seat etc. |
$15.00
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| Average fare (West Coast, Middle West, New York) |
$30.00 |
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(from the West Coast $60.00 to come to N. Y. by bus.)
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| Minimum maintenance until departure |
$5.00
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| Minimum clothing to appear as tourists |
$10.00
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| Maintenance in New York waiting for boat (usually 5 days) |
$10.00
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| On boat – – tips, small expenses, and until contacting theParis office |
$6.00
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| Ticket |
$100 |
| Total |
$176 |
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1, ll. 85-88, undated report (likely December 1937)
Thanks for this. Interesting. Just checked online. That’s a little 3,000 dollars today.
(Tips is something you perhaps wouldn’t expect volunteers from other countries to include in costs in the 1930s)