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Old newspaper ads

RBH

Bartender
I ran across a few of these ads while researching some family history.
Thought you all might enjoy them like I did.


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Bud-n-Texas

Practically Family
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RBH said:
I ran across a few of these ads while researching some family history.
Thought you all might enjoy them like I did.


<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6570/strawsn8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>



$2.95 for a Stetson straw sign me up:eusa_clap
 

SheikhDaoud

New in Town
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Brooklyn, NY and La Paz, Bolivia
A $25 hat in 1946????

That was more than the price of a suit, from what my grandfather used to tell me. He said a good hat in the late 40s and early 50s was less than $5. What hat could have sold for as high as $25 back then?
 

Maj.Nick Danger

I'll Lock Up
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Behind the 8 ball,..
Whoaaaa,...

5 bucks for a Mallory,...if only I didn't have a short circuit in the old time machine. :eusa_doh:
$19.95 for a suit!
But putting it in perspective the average worker probably only made about 30 bucks a week back then.
 

Dinerman

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Bartender
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RBH said:
<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7493/coolegebe8.png" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>

ah yes. steal your roomate's girl. What subtle advertising.

but on a side note- i'll take one of each. for those prices. now.
 

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