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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,970 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Growing up in 50's Brooklyn, schoolkids got the coveted "Bus Pass". Free rides on all buses and trains throughout the five boroughs. NYC was fun to explore. Peace Roy

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  • KOYNGUYKOYNGUY Posts: 115 ✭✭✭

    2 red licorice coins for a penny in Mr Dickerson's drug store c. 1960. Galesburg, IL

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mertz's Bakery had kichel for a nickel.

  • MapsOnFireMapsOnFire Posts: 230 ✭✭✭

    Fullerton, California 1955 french fries were 9 cents, paid for with a dime and I got back 1 cent.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Full size candy bars were only a nickel until the end of 1965. In very early 1966 the price jumped to a dime. I remember buying lots of them at the vending machine in my college dorm.

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