Guns may seem inexpensive for the time, but everything is relative.
Life in 1939
1939 Cost of Living
New House
$4,100
Average Income
... $1,788 per year
New Car
.
$760
Average Rent
......................... $26 a month
Tuition to Harvard University.................... $420 per year
Movie Ticket
................ 25’
Gasoline
.. 10’ a gallon
United States Postage Stamp
.............. 3’ each
Granulated Sugar
................... 59’ for 10 lbs
Vitamin D Milk
.. 50’ a gallon
Ground Coffee
....................... 38’ a pound
Bacon
. 32’ a pound
Eggs
.................. 18’ a dozen
Fresh Ground Hamburger
.. 12’ a pound
Fresh Baked Bread
..
9’ a loaf
Toothpaste
..
. 35’
Life Expectancy
59.7 years
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Daniel Webster once said ""Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men."
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