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What things cost in 1926

37 items · 0 observed in the public record · 37 inflation-estimated

ItemIn 1926Today's money
Average home sale price / each$16,502$311,339
Bacon / lb$0.33$6.22
Bananas / lb$0.07$1.37
Beans, dried, any type / lb$0.08$1.51
Bread, white / lb$0.11$2.15
Butter, stick / lb$0.29$5.53
Chicken breast, boneless / lb$0.30$5.57
Chicken legs, bone-in / lb$0.24$4.55
Chicken, whole / lb$0.16$3.01
Coffee / lb$0.73$13.78
Diesel, all types / gallon$0.13$2.52
Eggs, grade A large / dozen$0.20$3.78
Electricity / kwh$0.01$0.25
Fuel oil #2 / gallon$0.14$2.63
Gasoline, regular / gallon$0.16$3.02
Ground beef / lb$0.22$4.23
Ham / lb$0.41$7.69
Ice cream / half gallon$0.40$7.55
Lemons / lb$0.15$2.92
Lettuce, romaine / lb$0.12$2.26
Malt beverages, all types / 16 oz$0.09$1.75
Median home sale price / each$15,219$287,142
Milk, whole / gallon$0.29$5.43
Natural gas / therm$0.08$1.49
Orange juice / 16 oz$0.35$6.55
Orange juice, frozen concentrate / 16 oz$0.28$5.32
Oranges, navel / lb$0.08$1.46
Potato chips / 16 oz$0.45$8.50
Potatoes, white / lb$0.19$3.52
Rice, white / lb$0.13$2.39
Soft drinks, all / 2 liter$0.10$1.92
Spaghetti & macaroni / lb$0.34$6.40
Steak, sirloin, boneless / lb$0.56$10.62
Sugar, white / lb$0.06$1.16
Tomatoes / lb$0.03$0.65
Wine, red and white table / liter$0.54$10.25
Yogurt / 8 oz$0.07$1.41
19251927
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