Food
CHEESE - 1942
1942: Ration Stamp
Today: $4
TOILET PAPER - 2020
2020: $7.91
2023: $2.00
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD TICKET - 1890
1890: $134 ($2700 in today's dollars)
Today (GSO-LAX): $417
SHOE SHINE - 1948
1948: $.05
Today: $3.00
VAUDEVILLE SHOW - 1870
1870: $2
Today (Greensboro Community Theater show): $10
EGGS 2023
Today: $4.82
Normal: $3.42
GAS - 1970
1970: $.36 per gallon ($1.75 today's money)
Today: $3.39 per gallon
TESLA 2008
2008: $109,000
Today: $119,000
WRANGLER JEANS - 1958
1958: $3.98 ($42 in today's dollars)
RADIO - 1946
1946: $59 ($923 in today's dollars)
Today: $18
COFFEE - 1872
1872: $.42 per lb
Today: $8 per lb
CELL PHONE - 1988
1988: $2500 ($9k in today's dollars)
Today: $999 (iphone)
GREENSBORO TROLLEY TICKET - 2023
Today: Free
AIR JORDANS 1 - 1985
1985: $65
Today: $125
TAYLOR SWIFT ERAS TOUR TICKET - 2023
Today: $900
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE BAR - 1900
1900: $.05
Today: $1.32
1905: $.25
Today: $6.44
ONE WAY BUS TICKET - 1950
1950: $.10
Today: $1-3 for all day pass
POWDERED WIG - 1700
1700: 800 shillings ($10,193 in todays money)
Human Hair wig 2023: Avg $100-300
MOVIE TICKET - 1900
1900: $.05
Today: $12
TEA (per pound) - 1773
1773: 10 shillings per lb ($170 in todays dollars)
Today: $6 per lb
WOOD/LUMBER - 1607
1607: Free!
Today: $5.22 for one 10ft 2x4
DOMESTIC PLANE TICKET - 1920
1920: $360 ($5400 in today's money)
Today: $285 (avg)
WRANGLER JEANS - 2023
Today: $54.99
GREENSBORO REDWINGS BASEBALL GAME - 1947
1947: $1.00
Today, Greensboro Grasshoppers: $30