Bread: $0.20/loaf
Milk: $1.04/gal
Eggs: $0.90/doz
Car: $2,275
Gas: $0.31/gal
House: $18,500
Stamp: $0.04/ea
Avg Income: $6,227/yr
Min Wage: $1.00/hr
DOW Avg: 616


http://dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp

 

wish gas was the same now

 

Good ole days. At times I wish I grew up in the 50's and 60's....

 

Those numbers, adjusted for the inflation that has occured since 1960 (664%)...

Bread... $1.53
Milk... $7.95
Eggs... $6.88
Car... $17,387
Gas... $2.37
House... $141,394
Stamp... $.31
Salary... $47,592
Minimum Wage... $7.64

 

prices when i was born just about the same as whit. the thing that gets me is a min wage job in 1962 was 1.15 a hour. a days work would buy 29.67 gals of gas. it wont today

 

It'll buy more milk and eggs though!

 

1983


Bread:$0.54/loaf
Milk: $1.89/gal
Eggs:$1.43/doz
Car: $10,606
Gas: $1.23/gal
House:$89,800
Stamp:$0.20/ea
Avg Income:$28,638/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg:1,259

 

same age as my oldest son.

 

1977

Bread: $0.32/loaf
Milk: $1.44/gal
Eggs: $1.30/doz
Car: $5,814
Gas: $0.64/gal
House: $54,200
Stamp: $0.13/ea
Avg Income: $18,264/yr
Min Wage: $2.30/hr
DOW Avg: 831

 

1972 Prices US President
Bread: $0.25/loaf Richard M. Nixon
Milk: $1.33/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.20/doz Spiro T. Agnew
Car: $3,879 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.36/gal
Best Picture: The Godfather

Best Actor: Marlon Brando
in The Godfather
Best Actress: Liza Minelli
in Cabaret
House: $30,500
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $12,625/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 1,020