Time Capsule 1937
By irishmist
@irishmist (3814)
United States
March 21, 2008 8:28pm CST
I came across this in a magazine called Reminisce. Wow look at how much some things costed back in the day.
A Few Prices:
* Annual income
$1,259.00
* Man's dress shirt
$1.39
* Large Eggs
45 Cents a dozen
* Floor wax
39 cents a pint
* Ground beef
2 pounds for 29 cents
* Linoleum
22 cents a square yard
* Gasoline
20 cents a gallon
* Bacon
18 cents a pound
* Lemons
11 cents a dozen
* Potatoes
10 cents for 3 pounds
* Toilet paper
6 cents for 2 rolls
* Yeast
3 cents a cake
* First-class stamp
3 cents
* Daily newspaper
2 cents
* Split peas
1 cent for 2 pounds
Don't we all wish we could see prices like that again?
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4 responses
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Mar 08
Holy Moly, I'll say I wish we could see prices like that again..what a comparison..
Then Large Eggs 45 cents versus now something like $1.99 near me.
Ground beef is now like $2.00 a pound
A stamp a mere 3 cents??
Potatoes are also about $1.99 for 5 pounds now
And what a laugh about toilet paper! 6 cents for TWO rolls then???--Cheapest is Marcal for 79
cents for one roll
But I guess in those days things were considered just as expensive...I mean if one's annual income was only $1,259 then the costs of everything was kind of relative to now..no??
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@irishmist (3814)
• United States
22 Mar 08
Right , but back then they did'nt have to pay a cable bill, or cell phone bill, high gas & light bills, high car insurance bills( thanks to all the wonderful drivers out there today ) not to mention all the other added expenses we have these days. There are more things added everyday to the cost of living now . Things were more simple back then I guess....
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
22 Mar 08
It really makes you think doesn't it?
20 cents then verses $3.45 a gallon now for gasoline.
I still freak out when my mom tells me 'price stories' from when she was growing up. LOL
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
22 Mar 08
My mom used to tell me the same thing, about the prices of things that used to be. I blame it on the goverment, they are worse than us woman when it comes to spending money. Wow I can remember back in the day going to the corner store to pick up a pack of ciggs for my mom ( when it was still ok), and they only costed 50 cents a pack. Now they are like almost $5 a pack?, Not sure on that one, as I roll my own. I shudder to think about what the future will bring for all of us.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
22 Mar 08
Wow what a difference. The people back then also had so much less things to worry about too. I remember my grandparents and parents telling me how the landlords would beg you to rent one of their apartments and now you need a credit check - that is if you can even afford the apartment these days.
@saigonwarrior (1331)
• United States
22 Mar 08
Yes, as long as our annual income wasn't $1,259.00.
That is about an average weeks wages now.
If we made what we make now and had those prices we could probably buy a house with one pay check!
That is about an average weeks wages now.
If we made what we make now and had those prices we could probably buy a house with one pay check!
