1930S
At the Friendly City market:
Oranges, 15 cents a dozen
Butter, 45 cents a pound
Bread, three loaves for 25 cents
Milk, three "tall cans" for 25 cents
Eggs, 60 cents a dozen
Beef roast, 22 cents a pound
At the V-Dollar Limit store (now known as Beall's Department Store):
Men's and women's shoes, $1.95 to $3.45
Women's dresses, $4.95 to $15
Men's dress pants, $2.19 to $4.19
"All wool" swimsuits, $1.95 ("values to $7.50")
At the Palace Theater: tickets to see Will Rogers' "all talking" Fox Movietone "They Had to See Paris" cost 10-40 cents for the matinee and 10-50 cents for the nighttime showing.
At the Dixie Grande Hotel dining room: Sunday dinner on Jan. 5, 1930, cost $1.25. The daily price for lunch was 75 cents and dinner was $1.
Herald classified ads featured: FOR SALE - On a first-class residential street. First floor, large living room, dining room, kitchen and pantries, bedroom and bath, front and back screened porches. Second floor, five bedrooms, two bathrooms, ample closets. Fully furnished. $20,000.
1940s
At the market: Oranges, 5 cents a dozen at the Tamiami Fruit Market
Butter, 29 cents a pound at Wisdom & Fulton's
Bread, 8 cents for a pound loaf at Lovett's
Milk, 19 cents for "three tall cans" at Friendly City Market
Eggs, 23 cents a dozen at Riley's
At the department store: Women's shoes, $2 and $3 at Montgomery-Roberts
Women's dresses, $1 at Sylvia's Dress Shop
Men's suits, $16.95 for a Palm Beach suit at Tallant-Groff
At the theater: Tickets to see Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart in "The Mortal Storm" are 10 cents for the matinee and 30 cents for the evening performance at the Palace Theater in downtown Bradenton
At the restaurant: Bay Drugs, the local Walgreen agency, offers a Sunday dinner for 50 cents. It includes a fruit cup, roast turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce, two vegetables (select from marshmallow yams, creamed potatoes, fresh string beans or peas and carrots), pineapple/cheese salad, rolls and butter, iced tea or coffee, and dessert (either brown betty pudding or ice cream)
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