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cdmech · 07-16-2012, 09:22 PM

Got this information from Hemmings Motor News:

1951 Dollars & Cents

Median cost of a new home

$9,550

Average yearly salary

$3,526

Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer

$199.75

Woman's bone girdle

$6

Man's broadcloth shirt

$1.88

Federal hourly minimum wage

$.75

Eggs

$.74/dozen

Salt pork

$.42/pound

Betty Crocker cake mix

$.35

Tums antacid

$.10

First-class stamp

$.03

Average price residential electricity

$.028/kWh

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07-16-2012, 09:22 PM	#11
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Got this information from Hemmings Motor News: 1951 Dollars & Cents Median cost of a new home $9,550 Average yearly salary $3,526 Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer $199.75 Woman's bone girdle $6 Man's broadcloth shirt $1.88 Federal hourly minimum wage $.75 Eggs $.74/dozen Salt pork $.42/pound Betty Crocker cake mix $.35 Tums antacid $.10 First-class stamp $.03 Average price residential electricity $.028/kWh