Horace Mann Middle School Grade 8 Ms. LaOrden

Middle School Pathfinders Harding LRC Lakewood City Schools Lakewood Public Library

Compare the purchasing power of the dollar now and then:

What is a Dollar Worth? Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Consumer Price Index Calculator Use this site to calculate the value of a specific dollar amount from a previous year into the equivalent amount in current dollars (and vice versa).

Economic History Resources - How Much is That Worth Today? This site performs the calculations for any period from 1665 to the present.

Cost-of-Living Calculator - American Institute for Economic Research This site calculates from 1913 to the present.

Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1665 to Estimated 2013 Scroll down the page to the "Graph" section to track some pricing for gold, gasoline, stamps, income and more.

The Inflation Calculator Adjust any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2003.

InflationData.com Inflation and Consumer Price Index back to 1913. See the graph of inflation by decade.

Current Value of Old Money Online sources for a variety of historical and international comparative data.

Cost of Living comparisons:

NewsEngin's Cost-of-Living Calculator Computes the cost of living changes from 1913 to the present by various categories and cities.

Sperling's Cost of Living and Salary Calculator Compare current cost of living among cities.

Salary Calculator Another site to compare the cost of living from one city to another.

Historic Prices | Spending:

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - Mini Historical Statistics At the "Personal Consumption Expenditures by Type" table you can see how total national expenditures by type compare from 1929 to the present.

Consumer Price Index - U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the rate of price change for food, shelter, fuel, apparel, transportation, medical care, entertainment, and other service items from one period to the next within the same locale. See the Table Containing History of CPI-U U.S. All Items, Indexes and Annual Percent Changes From 1913 to Present. Obtain data about typical household expenditures at Department Store Inventory Price Index. The years covered vary from product to product; some go back to the 1940s.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Compare the last couple decades here. In "Section 15 Prices" find the CPI comparisons for "selected items and good," "retail prices of food," and more. See Section 14 for "Expenditures." Use the "Index" to search for tables with specific items.

Costs of Things in 1927

BBHQ: Prices - What Things Cost Compares various products and services from 1962-1972-2004.

The Food Timeline: Researching Historic Food Prices

How Much Did It Cost in Morris County, New Jersey? 1902-2002 "a survey of retail prices advertised in the Daily Record newspaper"

National Association of Theater Owners - Statistics - Ticket Prices Movie tickets from 1948-2002

Books:

REF 317.3 UN4H
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. United States. Bureau of the Census.

REF 658.872029 S439N
1897 Sears Roebuck Catalogue. Sears, Roebuck and Company.

REF 658.872029 S439N1
1908 Catalogue No. 117: the great price maker. Sears, Roebuck and Company.

Microfilm:

Lakewood weekly newspaper, 1917 present