# So, if I want to time travel to 1890 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** theater-stage-dance\ **Created:** [May 1, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768 "2025-05-01T19:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
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I traveled back in time to 2021 to retrieve a thread I started which was similar, but strictly money-related. I have no help for proper clothing or photography equipment, but maybe advice from this thread can assist you in building your stake. > [@You're a time traveler to the late 1800s. What do you do for money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-time-traveler-to-the-late-1800s-what-do-you-do-for-money/942546): > > I don’t usually do hypotheticals, but I’ve been watching a fair amount of TV westerns lately and I thought it might be an interesting topic. Sometimes when I hear the price of something on a period show I check it against an online inflation calculator to see if they were actually in the ballpark. So the cost of things like basic commodities, horses, cattle, land, etc. seems to be much less than they would cost today, but I understand basic concepts like inflation indexes and cost of living. I … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768)._