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   Estrelita Phillips said, 6 months ago

   A loaf of bread and a pound of meat for only 15 cents – must have been the 30s! In the 30s, a jumbo loaf of sliced bread usually cost around five cents. Applesauce was 3 cans for twenty cents. Hot dogs were eight cents per pound. So the hot dog vendor was probably making about a 2 cent profit for every pound of hot dogs and loaf of bread that he sold.
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   Bob said, 6 months ago

   My first remembrance was eight cent bread
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   Arye Uygur said, 6 months ago

   Seeing this hotdog stand reminds me when I was in Merida, Yucatan. there was a hotdog stand on a corner near a rain puddle. A car passed by splashing the entire stand with the water from the puddle. I hope no one got sick from eating those hotdogs.
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   LarryW2LJ said, 6 months ago

   I was born in the late 50s – I remember 25 cent loaves of bread.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 6 months ago

   I hope Mutt reimburses Jeff for his lunch.
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   coolhand000 said, 6 months ago

   I remember my dad saying once back in the 40’s, “If bread gets to a quarter a loaf, I’ll quit buying it . .!” He’d turn over if he knew the price today . .
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   alleyoops said, 6 months ago

   Back in the day crackers were sold loose and unwrapped in a barrel.The butcher would slice off a hunk of cheese. I knew an ol’ boy who every day ordered a dime’s worth of cheese and a nickel’s worth of crackers.
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   Number Three said, 6 months ago

   Excellent!

   xxx
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   Quartermain MILLER said, 6 months ago

   @alleyoops

   Those were the days! We had a store in 1932, My Dad had a big glass case for a wheel of cheddar cheese. We’d slice some off for the customer. When it first came in it was very mild, the would harden as it aged. Yumm! It was so good!
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    WW2 Marine Veteran said, 6 months ago

    @Quartermain MILLER

    QM: Those were the good ole days. You have a good memory. Our country would have to go broke to return to those days if it were possible.
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    Buggerlugs said, 6 months ago

    And your pay was a nickel an hour.
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    WytZox1 said, 6 months ago

    Zero Mostel said the same thing (“My compliments to the chef”) to a hotdog vendor in Central Park in THE PRODUCERS. ☺
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    WytZox1 said, 6 months ago

    @Buggerlugs

    “What this country needs is a 7¢ nickel. If that works out, next we can try an 8¢ nickel. Just think of it. U buy a 3¢ newspaper and get the same nickel back in change. Why, 1 nickel carefully used could last a family a lifetime.” — Groucho Marx ☺
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    Bob said, 6 months ago

    @Buggerlugs

    In 1944-45 I was making 50 cents an hour in a cannery. Both plant work and harvesting.
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    SherlockWatson said, 6 months ago

    The man’s sign says “A loaf of bread,” but not how big the loaf is. That can’t be “A pound of meat,” though, unless he pounded it so hard that there are only two ounces left in the loaf.
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