Hey Mr. Bill, My brother is Richard was in the Army in Germany in the late '50s. And, he returned with a VW he purchased for the same price. Does his name sound familiar? JFP Joe Frank 'J.F.' PurcellOceanside, NY (516) 764-7068 (H)(516) 996-9182 (C) > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:54:12 +0000 > From: mrbill1033@comcast.net > To: njhunter@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJHUNTER] Cost of items in 1816 > > Just ran across this in the 1895 Hunterdon Republican. And in keeping with the recent correspondence regarding how much things cost > > " In looking through an old vendue register, dated 21 June 1816, we find the following prices: One horse - $17.25; Linen sheets - $1.40; Blankets - $1.12 and $1.90; Pair of andirons - $1.26; a Bedstead - 2 cents; Bedstead and cord - 90 cents; a lot of Books - 50 cents; Cupboard - $3.50; Butter platters - $1.26; Butter plates - $1.00; Steelyards - 50 cents [This was an instrument for weighing objects]; Flax wheel - 80 cents; Cows - $15.00 & $23.50; One calf - $1.01; Sheep - $1.50 and One gin case - 15 cents. " > > Labor was worth about $1.00 a day in the late 1800s > > And when I was a kid around the 1940 Census - Ice Cream: 1 dip 5 cents, movies: 8 cents, soda: 5 cents but you got 2 cents back on a small bottle and 5 cents back on the quart [no liters back them!] When I got my license, gas was 12 cents a gallon! > > My first house in 1960 was $17,000, but I only made $4,000 a year as a teacher and that was with credit for 3 years military service! My first car was a new VW, which I bought while in Germany in 1958 - cost $1,170.00 > > Regards and enjoy inflation > MrBill > > > > > > > > > Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message