Re: [Pen-l] Query

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Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Query
From: "Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 15:27:58 -0700
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Carrol Cox wrote:
> What would be he equivalent amount today for $0.17 in 1936?

here are some other prices from 1936:

Average Cost of new house $3,925.00
Average wages per year $1,713.00

Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $24.00 per month

A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents

Studebaker Car $665.00
Ladies Swimming Costume $6.95

from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1936.html
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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