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gdmjoe
06-16-2009, 05:17 PM
1928 Ford vehicle repair mailer ....

http://www.geocities.com/gdmjoe/1928carrepairmaler1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/gdmjoe/1928carrepairmailer2.jpg

But then too .....

1928 Dollars & Cents

Average yearly salary - $1,490
Median cost of a new home - $4,250
Men's worsted wool suit - $21.50
Rawlings Junior baseball glove - $3
Women's leather handbag - $2.98
Bayer aspirin tablets - $.98
Tea - $.75/pound
Sliced ham - $.57/pound
Ivory soap, 12 cakes - $.43
Cheese - $.39/pound
Wrigley's Spearmint gum - $.39
First-class stamp - $.02

jgc61sr2002
06-16-2009, 05:23 PM
I guess everything is relevent.
Look at the stamp 1 cent.:D

Krytin
06-17-2009, 02:56 AM
A new Model A must have gone for at least a few hundred dollars new.
You could do everything on the post card for $100 or less!

Motorhead350
06-17-2009, 09:34 AM
Can someone convert it for inflation?

shodude
06-17-2009, 05:32 PM
$5 today would be about $62 in 28'
$1 would be about $12.50