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BSAGuy
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$5 in November, 1938 = $92.18 in today's dollars.
The 1968 price of +/- $22.95 = $167.30 in today's dollars.
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MarvMar
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That was a LOT of money back in 1938....SORRY !!!! Have to tell this story. My dad bought our 75 Acre farm in 1938 for $2000. He had $15 in the bank and borrowed the rest from the auctioneer who was selling it as a forecloser. Dad never signed a paper...just a hand shake. How does that song go..."Times they are a changing..."
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BSAGuy
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Interesting story, Marv. That $2,000 would be $36,872, or $492/acre in 2020 dollars. Sounds like a pretty good deal.
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MarvMar
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Land here in NW OH is selling for $8-$10,000 an acre...if decent buildings add another $2000...and you better buy fast.
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Ford57
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Thanks for that link to the Popular Mechanics ad. I noticed one of the ads had a date of 1939. Back in the old days I always liked looking at the Daisy ads and I remember the ad for the single shot Daisy . It was $1.25. On this site I once saw an for the same single shot and it was $1.00.
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cobalt327
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This is from about 1933:
1937:
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oldwizzer
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Daisy had a lot of bb gun ads with a Father & Son in them, with a number of different bb guns. In spite of some posters thinking the double barrel's were made for adults I believe they were for kids probably in the 10-14 yr. old's. Not many families in my area could afford one, none of the kids i grew up with had one.
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Rhomsey01
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I was born in 1962 South Georgia / North Florida area. I had the model 21 as a 9 yr old hunting the woods😊. We all had guns. I cocked it all the time. Loved the gun
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oldwizzer
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In the 1940's after the war we had to be contended with a Red Ryder, Model 25 etc. [if you were lucky].all made by Daisy. I got my Red Ryder as a gift for selling seed packets.
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Iceman
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Wow! You were a very lucky young boy to have a Model 21 double barrel! |
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