Were seldom as expensive as the drink sold.Dinners in many urban taverns were, followingĮnglish custom, offered as "ordinarys".meaning a prepared meal open to the public offered at anĮstablished time for a set rate.Dishes, in some cases, were passed communally and not availableĪs individual portions.The Indian King in Philadelphia.offered "a regular ordinary every Day, of However, whatever the quality of theįood served, the proprietor was allowed to charge a predetermined price.On December 28,ġ785, the day Thomas Allen.opened the doors to his new City Coffee House in New London,Ĭonnecticut, Allen recorded the prices he intended to charge his customers in.his day book.īreakfast, dinner, and supper were the same price, one shilling and six pence.At Allen, the meals Tavern keepers were even required in some areas toĭistinguish between a "good" meal and a "common" one. "The fare in a rural tavern.was simple, whatever the tavern keeper had on hand for his/her ownįamily and was willing to share.The prices charged for food (and nearly everything else) in a Menus were nonexistant prices were fixed. These establishments offered meals to the general public. Urban taverns offered a wider range of services, including both Bureau of LaborĬolonial American tavern (publik house, ordinary) prices were set by law. If a Reuben sandwich cost 35 cents in 1935, how much would that be in SM14) compares London & New York.Īverage retail food prices for 51 cities, Monthly Labor Review, March 1923įood for the Worker/Frances Stern & Gertrude SpitzĪverage retail food prices for 51 cities, Monthly Labor Review, December 1929
Increased Cost of Living," New York Times, Ma(p. Sears Roebuck and Company Catalog, mail order groceries
Klondike gold miner provision pricesĬounty, NJ? year-by-year also cars, clothing, housing, furniture, recreation, etc. Source notes are in the introductory pages.īoston School Kitchen Text-Book/Mrs. United States: Colonial Times to 1970/U.S. (canned), Navy beans, coffee, margarine & sugar, reported by the federal government. See also Cummings Ĭommodities (go to page 213): average retail prices of flour, bread, round steak, pork chops, bacon, butter, eggs, milk (delivered), oranges, potatoes, tomatoes Skip to page 302 "Consumer Expenditure Patterns," where you find definitions and sources.
Select CT1970p1-08.pdf Chapter G: "Consumer Income & Expenditures." Go to: Historical Abstracts of the US Colonial Times to 1970, select Part 1 (zip). In the back of this book you will find charts for selected items listing both historic prices and prices expressed in 2007 dollars.] The Value of A Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States,Īdvertisements and federal data [NOTE: Value of a Dollar books are available in most Retail food costs, California gold miners See also: How much did Americans spend on food?. 568-567).]įamily food expenditures, The American and His Food/ Of Cincinnati Wholesale Commodity Prices 1824-1860 (p. Senior Berry 1943 [NOTE: This book offers dozens of price charts, including seasonal variations Median annual prices for 14 leading commodities, Western Prices Before 1861/Thomas Monthly prices also available 1762 sample.
Currency is expressed in Pennsylvania shillings. Selected commodities in Philadelphia (bread, ship's bread, corn, rice, pork, flour, beef, salt, sugar, molasses, Not comparable to modern supermarket prices. Food units are generally for large quantities, The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, pricesĮxtracted from advertisements, newspapers, commodities listings, and personal inventories.Įarliest prices are expressed in pence/colonial scrip. HISTORICAL USA RETAIL FOOD PRICES: SOURCES, SURVEYS & DATA
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