Escalation and Inflation

[Ketchn]

saw this sign the other day from the early 1950 era .....
imagine that , right ......
same plate would likely be 100 times that today ...

[Ranger R61]

Maybe not the plate but the pie for sure

[BobC]

I love reading westerns (l’amour, Johnstone) and I always smile when they go into a cafe and get a loaded dinner plate for 25c or so. But when a cowboy was working for $30-$40 and found it is all relative. Beer was a nickel, and I’m old enough to remember when it was a dime!
Bob

[DockShootinJack]

Things were a lot cheaper then. Houses were certainly cheaper

[BuckeyeCrappie]

I love reading westerns (l’amour, Johnstone) and I always smile when they go into a cafe and get a loaded dinner plate for 25c or so. But when a cowboy was working for $30-$40 and found it is all relative. Beer was a nickel, and I’m old enough to remember when it was a dime!
Bob

I watch a lot of Andy Griffith and I like seeing the prices in The market.

[Ketchn]

Things were a lot cheaper then. Houses were certainly cheaper

they almost gave away pick up trucks back then , a 57 chevy truck could be had for around 1500 ....
they made dealerships take them sometimes to get rid of them is what I was told .....

[Ketchn]

I love reading westerns (l’amour, Johnstone) and I always smile when they go into a cafe and get a loaded dinner plate for 25c or so. But when a cowboy was working for $30-$40 and found it is all relative. Beer was a nickel, and I’m old enough to remember when it was a dime!
Bob

25 cents would get me a loaf of white bread and gas to mow the yard when I was 10 or so .....
the bread was bait that I got to fish with after I mowed the yard ....not kidding

[DockShootinJack]

Take over a dollar to fill the tank of a push mower these days with none of it left for bread