#OTD in 1936
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‘A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan. Window display showing can goods, eggs, crackers, etc. and signs for sale items, ads with Kate Smith inviting you to try 2 different coffees’ Photograph by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
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‘A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan. Window display showing can goods, eggs, crackers, etc. and signs for sale items, ads with Kate Smith inviting you to try 2 different coffees’ Photograph by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Comments
A stick of butter cost 40 minutes of work.
Inflation is much higher than CPI.
Items like foods have dropped close to 90% over 100 years due to improved farming practices, fertilizers, automation, transport, etc.
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