What A Dollar Could Buy The Year You Were Born
1945
Four paperback copies of Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People.’

1946
One men’s flannel shirt.

1947
Eight cans of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.

1948
Five boxes of Kellogg’s corn flakes.

1949
Seven loaves of bread.

1950
Four pounds of frozen green beans.

1951
One package of 25 thrift Christmas cards.

1952
A little under three pounds of coffee.

1953
24 pounds of potatoes.

1954
One pound of T-bone steak.

1955
One Slinky.

1956
15 eggs.

1957
One bath towel.

1958
25 pounds of celery.

1959
Seven cans of cream corn.

1960
Three cans of Del Monte Peaches.

1961
Four boxes of Cheerios.

1962
Five fast food hamburgers.

1963
Three pints of blueberries.

1964
Ticket for one car at the drive-in movie theater.

1965
80 ounces of frozen French fries.

1966
Five bottles of Heinz Ketchup.

1967

1968
20 Hershey bars.

1969
Just under three gallons of gas.

1970
A tube of Crest Toothpaste.

1971
Three pounds of cranberries.

1972
Two cantaloupes.

1973
One box of Eggo frozen waffles.

1974

1975
One bottle of Ny-Quil.

1976
A package of Oreo cookies.

1977

1978
One pound of ground beef.

1979

1980
Two pounds of turkey.

1981
Two pounds of Blue Bonnet Margarine.

1982
One liter bottle of Coca Cola.

1983

1984

1985

1986
One pound of kiwifruit.

1987
Two cans of SpaghettiOs.

1988

1989

1990
Two cans of tuna.

1991
Five pounds of granulated Domino sugar.

1992
Two liter bottle of Pepsi Cola.

1993
One pint fresh blueberries.

1994
Half a gallon of Minute Maid orange juice.

1995

1996
24 ounce bottle of Hunts tomato ketchup.

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001
Three first-class stamps.

2002

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9 replies on “What A Dollar Could Buy The Year You Were Born”
They assume no one is still alive that’s over 70.
I like how they put a conversion table on the butter because no American actually knows what 3 tablespoons of butter looks like.
Son, the year you were born, a dollar couldn’t even buy a coat hanger.
Ouch!
Around here, it looks like money.
You have to get it absolutely centered on the cervix.
I didn’t think you could make that any worse… but you just did.
Also, pop then stop, otherwise you skewer yourself in the back wall of your uterus.
I GIVE UP YOU WIN…YOU WIN.