My grandma is celebrating her 70th birthday in a few weeks, and my family decided to list some facts about 1937, such as how much gas was, the average cost of a house, annual income, ect.
2007-03-11 04:30:38 · 5 answers · asked by Jordan Bucher 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
http://dmarie.com/timecap
type in 1937 and a random month and day then it will show you
2007-03-11 04:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by lysette.oxo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to a library and find a Sears Roebuck Catalog for the period.
Short of that, a book about the 1937-38 period written by a research expert would be most useful.
There may be a a google site that is pre-World War II also.
The costs of hard goods--a dress, shoes, etc. are easier to find than what are national price question answers about gas, electricity, household natural gas or coal and so on that may be scattered in many sources.
2007-03-11 05:55:23 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=%22value+of+a+dollar%22+1937&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=members.ispwest.com/radiojoe/game/pdfs/ValueofaDollar.pdf&w=%22value+of+a+dollar%22+1937&d=N9OochIeOR0q&icp=1&.intl=us
(If this doesn't work, type in "Value of a dollar" and a year to get to the site; it shows up first as a pdf, great list of items from apples to kerosene to shoes.)
For events in the year: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1937.html
how much $1 in 1937 would buy today http://www.lamartin.com/ASP/cost_of_living/cost.asp
2007-03-11 04:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by princessmikey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go on a wesite
2015-02-24 22:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by Jordyn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to ask.com then i guess just ask. lol
2007-03-11 04:34:32 · answer #5 · answered by Giovanna M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋