1960s Cost of Living

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1960s Cost of Living

• By Jenna Craig and Paige Chretien
• Mrs. Doyles Block 3
• 11-10-05

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Income

• Minimum wage
• 1.00
• Teachers salary
• 5,174
• Average salary
• 4,743
• Unemployment rate
• 3,852,000

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Grocery store prices from 1960-1969

• One dozen eggs
• 0.57 - 0.62
• Gallon of milk
• 0.49 - 1.10
• First-class stamp
• 0.04 - 0.06
• Loaf of bread
• 0.21 - 0.23

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Average Prices from the 1960s

• Average House- 23,000.00
• Average Car- 2,612.00
• Gallon of gas- 0.33

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Womens Clothing Prices of the 60s

• Silk dress with a petticoat included -24.98
• Cotton dress - 3.84
• 3-piece suit - 7.84
• Scoop neck dress with matching buckles - 9.94

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Comparisons 1960s/2005
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The Outsiders

• Soda works at a gas station making minimum wage,
  1.00 per hour.
• The three brothers live off of Dallys 2 job
  salary.
• With this money they can afford a decent house
  and can put food on their table. Especially cake.

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Works Cited

• Goodwin, Susan 1999 http//kclibrary.nhmcd.edu/dec
  ade60.html
• Rich, Candace 2003 http//www.fiftiesweb.com/fashi
  on/sixties-fashion-w.html
• 2001 http//www.1960sflashback.com/1960/economy.as
  p
• New York Times 2005 http//usgovinfo.about.com/od/
  consumerawareness/a/avghomeprice04.html