What A Dollar Could Buy The Year You Were Born

Four paperback copies of Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People.’

One men’s flannel shirt.

Eight cans of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.

Five boxes of Kellogg’s corn flakes.

Seven loaves of bread.

Four pounds of frozen green beans.

One package of 25 thrift Christmas cards.

A little under three pounds of coffee.

24 pounds of potatoes.

One pound of T-bone steak.

One Slinky.

15 eggs.

One bath towel.

25 pounds of celery.

Seven cans of cream corn.

Three cans of Del Monte Peaches.

Four boxes of Cheerios.

Five fast food hamburgers.

Three pints of blueberries.

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

80 ounces of frozen French fries.

Five bottles of Heinz Ketchup.

20 Hershey bars.

Just under three gallons of gas.

A tube of Crest Toothpaste.

Three pounds of cranberries.

Two cantaloupes.

One box of Eggo frozen waffles.

A package of Oreo cookies.

One pound of ground beef.

Two pounds of turkey.

Two pounds of Blue Bonnet Margarine.

One liter bottle of Coca Cola.

One pound of kiwifruit.

Two cans of tuna.

Five pounds of granulated Domino sugar.

Two liter bottle of Pepsi Cola.

One pint fresh blueberries.

Half a gallon of Minute Maid orange juice.

24 ounce bottle of Hunts tomato ketchup.

Three first-class stamps.