This photo of Caddo, taken by the Farm Security Administration, is from 1938. There is a copy in the Indian Territory Museum along with some others from that year. I went to the Bryan County Genealogy Library today and had planned to abstract the Caddo Herald’s articles about Wm. H. Murray’s campaign for governor and his speech in Caddo, but of course that issue of the paper is missing. So instead I indulged in a little shopping.
Here is a sampling of prices from ads in the paper:
February- Fred Washington Grocery
48 lb. flour $1.18 (by Christmas it was down to 95 cents)
16 lb. lard $2.00
32 oz. peanut butter 25 cents
3 boxes powdered sugar 25 cents
1 lb. "Washington special" coffee 15 cents
Hunter’s Café- Alton and Roy Downing, proprietors
Plate Lunch 25 cents, “All popular brands of beer, hamburgers, sandwiches, short orders, and all drinks.”
July-Boone & Styron Clearing Sale
Towels 9 cents
Ladies rayon hose 17 cents a pair, silk 49 cents a pair
Men’s work socks 8 cents a pair
Bed sheets 59 cents
Canvas gloves 10 cents
Work shirts 45 cents
Craighead’s Notion Shop
Dresses 79 cents to $1.59
Shorts 55 cents
Blouses 55 cents
Slacks $1
Bed Spreads $1.39
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