Main Collection
- Keeping Track
- Interest
- Very Early Debtors
- Early Regulations of Interest and Credit
- First Real Coins – Cattle Are Heavy
- The Pilgrims
- Money, Credit and Debt
- When Did The Dollar Arrive?
- How Did We Get The $ Symbol
- Debtors’ Prison
- When Did Credit As We Know It Arrive In The U.S.
- Early Sources of Credit – Pawnbrokers
- Early Installment Sales
- General Credit Terms in Early Consumer America
- Saving Money
- Credit Cards
- The Finance Company
- Bankruptcy
Special Exhibits
- Visit Betty and Dave
Additional Reading
- How to Budget, How to Buy, How to Pay
- “The Way to Wealth” – 1757
- Duty of Economy – Criticism of the American lack of thrift – 5/20/1905
- National Thrift Week – 01/17/1920
Before You Leave
Steve Rhode is the Get Out of Debt Guy and has been helping good people with bad debt problems since 1994. You can learn more about Steve, here.
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