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Find The History of Cost Of Living, Prices, Events, Popular Social Culture,
Inventions, Technology By Year, Decade or Type From The

20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's 70's, 80's, 90's and The New Millennium

History allows us to use just a few words to Instantly recognize a decade

by reading some of the things that occured during that decade check some of the examples below

1920's Flappers, Prohibition, and The Roaring 20's

1930's The Great Depression, Mobsters, Unemployment, Years of the 30's

1940's Pearl Harbor, Concentration Camps, Nuclear Bomb, Second World War of the 40's

1950's Big Cars, Baby Boomers, Cold War, Berlin Wall, of the 50's

1960's Swinging Sixties, Beatles, Beetle's, Pop Music, Youth Culture, Korea, Man on The Moon, Civil Rights Movement, of the 60's

1970's Consumer Driven Economy, Vietnam, Japanese Imports, Race Riots, Arab Israeli War, Watergate of the 70's

1980's Technology Revolution, Anti Nuclear Protests, Aids, Cold War, Lebanon, Apartheid, Terrorism, of the 80's

1990's Yuppie Era, Computers, Internet, Bosnia, Dot Com Boom and Bust, Desert Storm, Soviet Union Breakup of the 90's

Although some of those words or phrases well apply to more than one decade mostly we associate those words or phrases with a specific decade.

How much did things cost in each decade

Following research into Prices for various goods and commodities ( we used prices advertised in newspapers for our research ) we thought we would share some of those we thought were interesting or showed how improvements in technology can dramatically change prices

Some Examples From The Prices we have included

1. 1920's Prices

2. Chevrolet Superior Roadster $490.00 1924 Wisconsin ---- Todays Price $ ???
   
3. Linenette Middy Dress $4.75 Wisconsin 1920 ---- Todays Price $ ???
   
4. Eggs 1 doz. 25cents 1924 WI ---- Todays Price $ ???
   
5. Eight Room two-family Home, Partly Modernised $2900 1924 WI ---- Todays Price $ ???
   

   1930's Prices

6. New Modern 5 bedroom Home $4,100 Appleton Wisconsin 1931 ---- Todays Price $ ???
   
7. Dozen Eggs 18 Cents Ohio 1932 ---- Todays Price $ ??? From 1930's Food Prices
   
8. Best Coal $9.25 per ton Nebraska 1934 ---- Todays Price $ ???
   
9. Bicycle Boys $23.95 West Virginia 1935 ---- Todays Price $ ???
   

   1940's Prices

10. Kalamazoo Gas Range $199.95 Wisconsin 1948 ---- Todays Price $ ??? From 1940's Appliances Prices
    
11. Leg O Lamb 59 cents per pound Illinois 1947 ---- Todays Price $ ???

1950's Prices

12. 17 inch black and white TV $179.95 Wisconsin 1954 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
13. Ring 1 carat Diamond $399.00 New York 1950 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
14. Chevrolet Corvette $3631 1958 ---- Todays Price $ ??? From 1950's Cars
    

1960's Prices

15. Porterhouse Steak $1.19 per pound California 1966 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
16. Swanson Chicken TV Dinner 49 cents California 1961 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
17. Brick Built Ranch Home 3 bedroom $22,800 Chicago Illinois 1966 ---- Todays Price $ ??? From 1960's Homes
    
    

    1970's Prices

18. Toyota Corola $3,698 New York 1979 ---- Todays Price $
    
19. JVC VHS Video Cassette Recorder !!!! $695 !!!! New York 1979 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
20. Heinz ketchup 19 cents California 1970 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
21. Split Level on Hill Top $32,400 Iowa 1972 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
22. Wrangler Jeans $9.95 Illinois 1978 From 1970's Clothes
    
    

    1980's Prices

23. Logitech Mouse !!!! $89.99 !!! New York 1988 ---- Todays Price $ ??? From 1980's Computers
    
24. Hands Free Operating Car Phone !!!! $788 !!!! New York 1988 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    

    1990's Prices

25. PC 286 with printer $1,699.00 Ohio 1990 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
26. Buick Century $13,999.00 Annapolis 1993 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
27. Chicken $1.05 Per pOund Wisconsin 1998 ---- Todays Price $ ???
    
28. Lazy Boy Recliner $260.00 Annapolis 1993 From 1990's Furniture Section

Those where I have placed !!! symbols are those that you can see the direct relationship between better technology and prices coming down. There are other examples that show how the cost of consumer goods can change less than inflation or other examples due to manufacturer in China etc.

The People History made interesting

The People History covering 85 years of History From 1920 - 2006 for every year including the following Popular Culture, Music, Film and TV, Technology, World Events Cost of Living, Inflation, Price of goods and property, Wages and The Value of Money through the decades 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's

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