A Look Back at 1907
Oklahoma turns 100 this year! Let's take a look back at what things were like 100 years ago.
What Did Money Look Like in 1907?
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1907 Penny |
A Five Dollar Bill From 1907
What Did Things Cost in 1907?
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1907 Stamp Commemorating the Founding of Jamestown In 1907, you could send a letter for only 2 cents! |
You could buy a new pair of shoes for only a few dollars!
Other Prices:
- A gallon of milk cost 31 cents.
- Sugar cost only 4 cents a pound.
- A loaf of bread cost 5 cents.
- Two dozen eggs cost 40 cents.
- A chocolate bar cost 5 cents.
- A car cost $500, but very few people had cars.
- A house cost $4,500.
What was life like 100 years ago?
- The population of Oklahoma in 1907 was just under 1.5 million. Today Oklahoma is home to over 3.5 million people!
- Less than 10% of buildings used electricity
- Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States
- The first electric vacuum was invented in 1907.
- The average household made under $900 in a year.
- The average worker was paid 22 cents per hour.