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Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 25, 1920
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Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 25, 1920
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The Tacoma Times, Washington, July 11, 1917
(That’s roughly $1.90 today)
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The Day Book, Chicago, April 10, 1912
That’s roughly $50 today!
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Boston Post, Massachusetts, December 12, 1920
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The Burlingame Enterprise, Kansas, September 11, 1913
Good Things to Eat: 17 lbs of sugar
Prices, adjusted for inflation:
17 lbs sugar - $1 - $24.35
3 cans of Corn - 25¢
- $6.09
3 cans of Pork and Beans 25¢
- $6.09
6 cans of Oil Sardines - 25¢
-$6.09
1 Can of Tomatoes - 10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Peas -
10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Kraut -
10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Hominy -
10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Spinach - 10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Beets -
10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Salmon -
10¢
- $2.43
1 can of Peaches - 15¢
- $3.65
Canned Apricots, per can - 15¢
and 45¢
- $3.65 and $10.96
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Los Angeles housewives strike against high price of meat, 1951
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Santa Ana, California, April 5, 1929
(This hamburger, costing $0.05 in 1929, would cost $0.70 today. Where can i get this deal?!)
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Winnipeg, September 20, 1929
Come in and see these gay little cameras
They are all their name implies - smart, small, Paris-inspired; in five lovely colors - green, grey, lavender, blue and old rose.
($6.75 in 1929 would be $143.21 today, pretty comparable with point and shoot prices now, not bad!)