1940 – Tacky Raccoons

Gasoline 1940

15.4 cents in 1940 = $3.44 per gallon in 2024 dollars.
[Un-colorized photo found here, inflation calculator here.]

Face Rump 33¢ per lb.

December1940 Bath, Maine – “Grocery store window in Bath, Maine. Food prices do not seem to have gone up as yet but are expected to.”

[Colorized image found in here. *NSFW/NSFK*
Original image from here.]

Dot Matrix Printer

She dots her i’s but doesn’t cross her t’s.

[Found here, via here.]

Life On Jupiter In 1940

Life on Jupiter has changed dramatically since then.
Don’t ask me how I know.

[Found here.]

Hot Time in Oklahoma – 1940

Nice collection here, via here. No AC. Shoulda posted this one a few days ago.