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100

In February 2025, what is the cost of a dozen eggs?

$6

100

In 2025, what is the average cost of a movie ticket?

$11.31

100

In 2025, what is the average cost for a gallon of gas?

$3.11

100

Today in Iowa, what is the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment?

$943

100

How much did a German Shepherd puppy cost in 1955?

$50

200

In 1955, how much did a hamburger at McDonald's cost?

$0.15

200

How much did the first color TV cost in 1954?

$1,294

200

In 1955, what was the average cost of a Cadillac?


$3,950

200

In 1955, how much did it cost to buy a home in a Levittown?

$8,000

200

How much did a pair of roller skates cost in 1955?

$12.95

300

In 1955, what was the average price of a candy bar?

$0.05

300

In 2025, what is the average cost of a Disneyland ticket?

$200

300

In 1955, how much did it cost to ride the bus?

$0.10

300

What was the average cost of a house in 1955?

$18,000

300

How much did a sofa cost in 1955?

$199

400

In 1955, how much did 1 pound of ground beef cost?

$0.50

400

When Disneyland opened in 1955, what was the cost of a ticket?

$1

400

In 1955, how much did a gallon of gas cost?

$0.29

400

In 1950, what was the average cost of rent for an apartment in Iowa?

$43

400

How much did a parakeet cost in 1955?

$1.98

500

In 1955, how much would a full Thanksgiving meal cost?

$6.13

500

When the first iPhone was released in 2007, how much did it cost?

$499

500

In 2025, how much does it cost to fully charge a Cybertruck at a supercharger station?

$50

500

When this Lustron House (located here in Des Moines) sold in 2023, how much did it cost?

$196,500

500

How much would this 1955 videophone have cost?

$5,000

(Today, that would be around $44,000!)