In 1964 after I was discharged from active duty and got home, the first big meal I ate out was at an old favorite restaurant, and I had Maine lobster (two tails about 1LB) with all the trimmings for $4.50 however that was about what my pay was for the day, the last day I was in the Navy, so it's all relative.
                                                  

gedstrom wrote:

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CB-Brat wrote:

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Here's a pic of a menu from 1950 that a friend recently emailed me.

We'll never see these prices again!!!

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Yes, I remember those days.  A number of stores had their own soda fountains or sandwich counters.  Even the tiny drug store I worked at part time back in 1967-69 had a snack bar, but that had already dissapeared by the time I started working there.

Do you remember the soda machines where the GLASS bottles were sitting in ice water, locked in place by metal rails?  You moved the bottle over to a release point, inserted your DIME, and pulled the bottle out.

Remember candy cigarettes?  I loved them!

I use to buy balsa wood gliders for a dime at the corner store.  Had great fun with them.

I personally remember 3 cent postage on letters.  I knew that there had been a time when it was only 2 cents, but I didn't realize until recently that there was a time when first class postage was only 1.5 cents.  When going through my mother's effects, I came across a number of letters she and my dad had exchanged before they were married.  They all had 1.5 cent stamps on them.

In more recent history, it's hard to believe that it was just a few years ago that we didn't have cell phones, the Internet, or microwave ovens.

Gary

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