[ASOC]

My own father often said that in the late 20s "a man couldn't carry $5 worth of grocery's".

Inflation is a real thief.

From the 1940s

1920s store advert.

At the depths of the Great Depression, my Grandfather built his own home (two bedrooms with indoor plumbing) by himself with adobe bricks made locally (Tucson). He was employed full time as well. How?
He was willing to move his family to where he could find work.....

[jimpick]

I roofed a house about 20 years ago for a elderly lady. She said the same thing. Her husband started 3 businesses during the depression. One was installing metal roofs on barns. She said that they had to turn work away because they could not get enough people that would travel to put the roofs on.