I still remember Pepsi's jingle from that era.
Pepsi Cola hits the spot
12 full ounces, that's a lot
Twice as much for a nickel too,
Pepsi cola is the drink for you.
A six ounce Coke was a nickel, hence the reference. So, three Cokes
for 15 cents, but only 18 ounces. What does a 20 ounce bottle sell
for now? I have no idea.
Gene Coyle
On May 2, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
raghu wrote:
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Carrol Cox wrote:
What would be he equivalent amount today for $0.17 in 1936?
since the US BLS consumer price index for an urban consumer rose
15.36-fold over the period 1936 to March 2008, 17 cents in 1936
would
be the rough equivalent of $2.61.
So it is "Brother can you spare a buck" this time around?
-raghu.
I'm trying to get a feel of the realtive real prices when I was in
first
grade and now. I happen to remember just three or four prices from the
mid-30s. One of them was the price of gasoline: 6 gals. for $1.
Another
10 cents (sometimes a nickel) for a hamburger; 3 _huge_ hershey bars
for
a dime.
My mothet's monthly salary as a rural elementary teacher was $50 (for
nine months). Even by 1942 it had only gone up to $90.
Carrol
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