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Julie" $125,000 and a $300,000 loan to Boston owner, Harry Frazee."--Baseball Enclyclopedia, 1989.
That would be quite a chunk of change, today, although not as big as it might have been. The SF Public Library coast 1.2 million dollars to build in 1917; it cost $170,000,000 (and counting) to convert it into a museum. Where I work--for nothing!
Lajoie--1902--"cash." Jackson, 1915: Braggo Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer and $31,000.