Sorry folks, but I am addicted to these ads which list some of the places my Mom and Dad and other of my relatives and friends attended back when the city of Trenton and environs were far different from today. A large beer for a dime, a turkey or steak dinner for a quarter, Ravioli and meat balls at Casa Nova for another quarter, and the beat went on! We were in the depth of the Great Depression and even with those incredibly low prices, many families could ill afford an evening out. Poverty was rampant.
JoeZ said...- Tom these are the greatest, can not believe the prices only if they would come but once a year now. I show these to the younger people I work with who can't believe these are real.
Tom Glover said...- ME EITHER, JOE. A QUARTER WENT A LONG WAY. BUT I REMEMBER HOW MY MOM AND DAD HAD TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE 27.00 A MONTH PAYMENT ON OUR HOUSE. BY THE WAY, THEY PURCHASED THAT DUPLEX ON HARTLEY AVENUE WITH A HAND SHAKE. MRS. GRITZNER OF LAWRENCEVILLE WAS THE OWNER. SHE OFFERED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DUPLEX FOR AN EXTRA 1,000 DOLLARS BUT MY DAD COULDN'T AFFORD THE EXTRA AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE MONTHLY PAYMENT. TOM GLOVER
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
- Ralph Lucarella said...
- HI TOM....I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT MY FATHER WORKED ON THE JUNIOR 2 PROJECT IN THE 30'S FOR NOTHING BUT A FOOD ORDER AND I WAS ON THE NYA WORKING FOR $18 A MONTH. MY FATHER LOST THE HOUSE ON BERT AVE. AND BOUGHT A HOUSE ON FRANKLIN ST. FOR $1,800 WITH THE MONEY THE GOVERMENT PAID HIM ON THE FORECLOSURE. SO YOU SEE, THOSE PRICES ABOVE REFLECT THE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME AND WE MADE THE BEST OF IT. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Mack said...- Hi Tom:) These listings are some of my favorite posts of yours:) I would never know these things about the former names of the local taverns/eateries without them. Marvelous!!:)
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