1955 Prices

Kimberly wrote: I can still find eggs and nylons (imitation) for around the same price. 

Myrna wrote: That is because nylons were EXPENSIVE! During WWII, nobody could even buy nylon--it was used for parachutes. After 10 years, the war ended in 1945, those items were still cher (dear). Women painted a line up the back of their legs with an eyebrow pencil during the war so it would look like they were wearing nylons (the single leg variety with a seam up the back) and went barelegged. I have no idea why eggs would be the same price. 


Prices for 1955
House: $22,000
Average income: $4,137
Ford car: $1606-$2944
Milk: $.92
Gas: $.23 
Bread $.18
Postage stamp: $.03 
Sirloin chops: $ .69 lb.
Pot Roast: $.43 lb.
Eggs, doz.: $.61
Coffee: $.93 lb.
Milk, ½ gal. $.43
Potatoes, 10 lb. bag: $.53
Starkist Tuna, 6 ½ oz. can: $.25 
Oreo cookies, 11¾ .oz pkg: $.39
Potato Salad, pint: $.29
Cracker Jack, 24 pac: $1.49
Apple cider,½ gal.: $.49 
Gum Drops, 1½ lb. pkg: $.29
Ivory Soap, 2 bars: $.29
Mickey Mouse lunchbox: $.88
Slinky: $.88
Nylons, pair: $1.00
Home permanent: $1.50
Baseball Glove: $9.95