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Change in beef prices, 1948

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Henry Anderson, butcher at the New Sanitary Market at 124 North Broadway, was shown shifting a price tag on round steak from $.85 a pound to $.75 cents a pound on February 13, 1948. The drop in beef prices was attributed to a break in the grain and commonly markets. Today, $.75 would have the same buying power as $7.50. Published in the Lexington Herald February 14, 1948. Herald-Leader Archive Photo.

Henry Anderson, a butcher at the New Sanitary Market at 124 North Broadway, changed a price tag on round steak from 85 cents a pound to 75 cents on Feb. 13, 1948. The drop in beef prices was attributed to a break in the grain and commodity markets. Today, that 75 cents would have the same buying power as $7.50. Published in the Lexington Herald on Feb. 14, 1948. Herald-Leader Archive Photo.

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