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Retail Prices of Food, 1950: Including Historical Tables of Item Indexes, 1939-50
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics · 1952
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Annual average retail prices for ~40 principal food items in 1950, by month and by city. Historical item indexes 1939-50. Text layer is machine-readable (extracted via pymupdf). Prices in cents per pound/quart/dozen.
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US · 1940s
US · 1950s
Flour 49.1¢/5lb, bread 14.3¢/lb, round steak 93.6¢/lb, rib roast 74.3¢/lb, pork chops 75.4¢/lb, bacon 63.7¢/lb, butter 72.9¢/lb, milk 20.6¢/qt, eggs 60.4¢/doz, sugar 10.2¢/lb, coffee 79.4¢/lb, potatoes 5.9¢/lb
cents per unit, nominal (56 large U.S. cities)
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