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.
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.
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 . .
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.
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.
I decided to raise my own hens for eggs this year and was getting about two dozen eggs a week. I tried selling them for a dollar a dozen to pay for feed and too many of the people around here came from up north and wouldn’t buy farm eggs. Didn’t taste right. When I had to start giving them away or throw them at my horse, they started lining up to get some—-if I’d bring them to them. I’m going to eat my layers this winter and mebby keep a couple hens for my own eggs.
When I was a kid, we had a neighbor who had a hamburger stand and sold big hamburgers five for a dollar. That was in the late 50’s and mebby early 60’s
EstrelitaH over 11 years 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.
Bob. over 11 years ago
My first remembrance was eight cent bread
arye uygur over 11 years 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.
w2lj over 11 years ago
I was born in the late 50s – I remember 25 cent loaves of bread.
coolhand000 over 11 years 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 . .
alleyoops Premium Member over 11 years 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.
Number Three over 11 years ago
Excellent!
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Buggerlugs over 11 years ago
And your pay was a nickel an hour.
Sherlock Watson over 11 years 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.
1MadHat Premium Member over 11 years ago
That type of vendor is alive & well in Anchorage, Alaska serving reindeer sausage – YUM!!! About $4 with a can of soda & a bag of chips.
Tsali-Queyi over 11 years ago
I decided to raise my own hens for eggs this year and was getting about two dozen eggs a week. I tried selling them for a dollar a dozen to pay for feed and too many of the people around here came from up north and wouldn’t buy farm eggs. Didn’t taste right. When I had to start giving them away or throw them at my horse, they started lining up to get some—-if I’d bring them to them. I’m going to eat my layers this winter and mebby keep a couple hens for my own eggs.
When I was a kid, we had a neighbor who had a hamburger stand and sold big hamburgers five for a dollar. That was in the late 50’s and mebby early 60’s