Here are some of the prices I grew up with. Kind of hard to believe, isn’t it?
Pack of baseball cards, with gum: 5 cents ($5.00 now–and no gum)
Comic book: 10 cents. Special issue, 25 cents
Box of Good & Plenty candy: 5 cents
Bag of Licorice All-Sorts: 29 cents ($5.00 now)
Movie ticket: 25 cents (Don’t ask!)
Gallon of gasoline: 25 cents
And so on… An allowance of 50 cents would get a 10-year-old kid through the week.