and still have some change left over at the end of the day?
2007-10-27 09:02:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Great answers. I can remember going to the movies, getting popcorn, soda and a candy bar and on the way home stopping at Woolworths for a grilled cheese sandwich and still have a nickel left. I also remember when gas was 17 cents per gallon at Terrible Herbst.
2007-10-27 12:53:43 · update #1
In 1955 was 7 yrs old. Here's a good example.
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/prices-1955.htm
2007-10-27 15:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ju ju 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 cents for the all day movie where you could watch 2 movies & 4 or more cartoons more than once. 10 cents for a bag of candy purchased beforehand at the Thrifty Drug Store candy counter. 10 cents for a bottle of soda pop OR 15 cents for a snack bar soda with refills. Popcorn was 10 cents, add 5 for hot butter. A hot dog was an additional 10 cents & a freshly cooked hamburger or BBQ beef sandwich would cost 50 cents or less! Keep a nickel to play the game in the lobby that shocked your hands when you held onto it.
2007-10-27 09:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was 16 thru 18, we had gas wars and $1 would buy 4 to 5 gallons of gas. You could buy 10 bottles of pop out of a machine, or 20 candy bars which were bigger than they are today. Cups of Ice cream were a nickle when I was little. I believe bread was 10 cents a loaf. Hamburger sold for 20 cents a pound. You could also buy a carton of cigarettes for under $4. Name brands too. A 3 pound can of Folgers coffee was less than $3. There were lots of toys that sold for 25 cents or less, especially harmonica's. I could go to Walgreen's and buy Blue Waltz perfume, and maybelline mascara for less than a $1.
2007-10-27 13:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by Fruit Cake Lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A huge (for a kid) bag of penny candy (which were ALL 3 or 4 for a 1¢).
A bag of chips was a nickle.
A bottle of soda was a nickle.
A chocolate bar was a dime.
Saturday afternoon matinees (2 features plus cartoons) was a quarter.
Popcorn and pop to go with it...10¢.
You could get ANYTHING at the five & dime. They were the place that MOST of my gift buying was done from. My most expensive purchase from there was a huge vase for my mother (she loved arranging cut flowers on the dining table) in a sort of carnival glass look...$1.00
By the time I was a young teenager, I was buying one pair of canvas runners each year for $1.00
2007-10-27 09:40:47 · answer #4 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fleers dubble-bubble gum, 1¢ ea [included a little comic inside the wrapper]; Big Little book about Dick Tracy--10¢. - so 10 excellent chews + reading material = 20¢...movie matinee ticket, 25¢...and at the diner next to the movie theater, get a chili-dog w/sauerkraut, chopped onions, relish & mustard, 25¢...still got 30¢ to work with, so throw in 2 boxes of Crackerjack @ 10¢, leaves a dime for the streetcar... a whole Saturday feast for eye, mind & chubby gut for only a dollar--and nary an electronic gizmo, clicker, thumb-doodler or itsy bitsy screen full of dreck anywhere! Man, we may have been POOR by the standards of today's throw-out society...but dang, were we RICH or what?
2007-10-27 13:23:39 · answer #5 · answered by constantreader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Penny candy, .05 candy bars, comic books. Go to the movies.
an d get candy and still have change left over. One of those big juicy Dill pickles in the pickle barrel for about .10.
When I was a teenager in the 60's I used to go to our corner grocery store. Buy a Sour Dough French Roll for .08, a 16 oz. Pepsi for .16 and .25 worth of Salami. and .10 for a bag of chips. and I would have lunch for about .60.
There was lot's of stuff back then. Don't even think about it now.
2007-10-27 13:31:09 · answer #6 · answered by Moe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
25 cent matinees, 25 for a soda or popcorn and 50 cents left.
Balsa wood airplanes for 50 cents.
McDonalds first burgers about 19 cents. Krystal, White Castle or Milligans burgers a quarter. 2 n a soda for 50 cents.
I must be hungry all I can think of are items of food.
2007-10-27 09:09:36 · answer #7 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Whow!!!!!!!!!!
a whole dollar? are you kidding me?
even in my 20's I could still go to the 88Cent store and get juat about anything I wanted.
I could list thousands of things.
a can of tuna was 25 cent, as well as a loaf of bread.
Hamburger was 3 lbs, for a dollar.
and candy bars were a nickel.
a coke was a dime.
and we had a Five and Dime store, even in our little town.
in High School we would go downtown, and get 2 chili dogs, and a coke for 50 cents.
2007-10-27 09:12:20 · answer #8 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nineteen candy bars or cokes and have a nickel left over. Same for ice cream cones or chewing gum. Two gallons of gas for my first car with 32 cents left over. Two yards of fabric with two cents left. Nine loaves of bread with a dime left.
2007-10-27 09:17:19 · answer #9 · answered by missingora 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Penny Candy and a soda. A hamburger, a gallon of gas
2007-10-27 09:11:46 · answer #10 · answered by psuaub626 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
10 regular comic books or 4 jumbo size after they went to 25 cents each - all day movie with cokes, popcorn & candy - model airplanes or cars, toy soldiers - paperback books for 25 cents each - costume jewelry - cracker jacks at 10 cents a box - card games - nice handkerchiefs - gloves - 7 full boats ( hamburgers loaded ) with fries - good quality knife - watch - 331/3 rpm - 78 rpm and 45 rpm records -- just to name a few
2007-10-27 10:07:06 · answer #11 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋