Food Receipts From 1902

October 20, 2021

I'm going through books and papers to see what I can recycle.  I don't want anyone else to have to do this when I am gone.  Not that I'm planning on leaving any time soon but one never knows. 

I found a small pile of grocery receipts from my Grandmother dated 1902.  What an interesting find!

October 15, 1902 

1 dozen eggs 28 cents

2 long bread 10 cents

1 lb. of butter 33 cents

1 ounce cinnamon 03 cents

1 ounce bay leaf 5 cents

July 17, 1902

1 lb. of butter 32 cents

1 and 5/8 lb. of butter 37 cents

5 lb. of ham @30 $1.00

1 broom 30 cents

10 lbs. of sugar 55 cents
1 loaf of bread 5 cents

October 2, 1902

1 chocolate cake 19 cents

1 dozen eggs 30 cents

1 lb. of roll butter 29 cents

5 lbs. of sugar 25 cents

1 quart of molasses in jar 12 cents
2 boxes of sardines 20 cents

5 lbs. of lard 42 cents

That's all for now but I have an account book that my grandmother kept for my mother.  I think she kept one for all the children.  Mother was born in 1917 and the entries go on until I was born. That will be another blog if I find it interesting enough to share.

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