[LM_NET] Fwd: The Value of a Dollar

[Susan Weiss <sue.weiss@COMCAST.NET>]

>
> The value of a dollar : prices and incomes in the United States,  
> 1860-1999 / edited by Scott Derks.
>
> This book should answer a lot of your questions.  It was  
> recommended on LM_NET a long time ago.
>
> Sue Weiss
> Ballard HS Librarian
> Seattle School District
>
> Subject: Target:  prices of goods from the 20's & 30's
>
> Hi All,
> =20
> I have a teacher who wants his students to determine how much  
> holiday =
> spending would have been in the 20's & 30's.  I have the dmarie  
> site, =
> library of congress, the historynet and the sears archives for cost  
> of =
> houses but I was hoping that someone out there had other places to  
> go to =
> get prices from those decades.  I tried to search the archives but I =
> can't get in for some reason.  Thanks in advance for your help!!
> =20
> Marianne Kerrigan
> Teacher/Librarian
> Brick Township High School
> Brick NJ=20
> mkerrigan@brickschools.org=2


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