| Item | Description | Price |
| Girl's dress | Sears, Winnie the Pooh, never need ironing. | $10.00 |
| Men's dress shirt | Perma Prest; permanent stays; 65% poly, 35% chambray. | $7.99 |
| Remote-control racer | Computer logic has added fun to remote control products. | $49.95 |
| Basketball | Long-wearing pebble-grain vinyl, rubber cover. | $4.89 |
| Bicycle | 24" youth lightweights; for the shorter youth or petite miss. | $99.00 |
| Doll | Tenerella, 19" doll has long, dark hair, sparkling go to sleep eyes, vinyl skin. | $12.99 |
FOOD BASKET (Prices in New York City)
| Item | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
| Beef steaks/lb | $1.54 | $1.64 | $1.77 | $2.02 | $2.12 |
| White bread/lb | 28.5¢ | 30.1¢ | 30.3¢ | 33.2¢ | 40.9¢ |
| Cheese/.5lb | 49.1¢ | 58.4¢ | 52.1¢ | 58¢ | 72.4¢ |
| Eggs/dozen | 66.8¢ | 57.9¢ | 57.1¢ | 83.5¢ | 85.6¢ |
| Milk/quart | 35.6¢ | 36.9¢ | 37¢ | 40.6¢ | 41.8¢ |
| Rice/lb | 22.1¢ | 23.7¢ | 23.7¢ | 30.4¢ | 51.2¢ |
| Item | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| Beef steaks/lb | $2.25 | $2.12 | $2.09 | * | * |
| White bread/lb | 42.3¢ | 42.4¢ | 41.2¢ | 35.5¢ | * |
| Cheese/.5lb | 77.9¢ | 86.7¢ | 89.9¢ | * | * |
| Eggs/dozen | 84.6¢ | 91.4¢ | 88.5¢ | 82.3¢ | * |
| Milk/quart | 41.4¢ | 42.8¢ | 43.05¢ | 83.9¢ | * |
| Rice/lb | 49.8¢ | 47.7¢ | 44.8¢ | 40¢ | * |
* = Not reported
Note: Material adapted from "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004." Third Edition, Scott Derks, Grey House Publishing.
