Here is a little house for sale ad. You’ll note that a “modern” 7 room house is on offer on Figueroa (formerly known as Pasadena) in Garvanza (so I’m guessing kind of near Burbank Middle School) for $2500, a price to make modern eyes jealous. A quick look at the library resource “Value of a Dollar” tells us that a loaf of bread at the time would have cost you a nickel and a sewing machine would set you back $13.85. This ad, with a number of others, was placed in the 31 March 1906 edition of the Highland Park News-Herald & Journal.
If you’re looking for old editions of local newspapers, including our own Highland Park News-Herald & Journal, you should check out the California Digital Newspaper Collection housed at the University of California at Riverside and available online at https://cdnc.ucr.edu/
Find “Value of a Dollar” on the library’s Research and Homework page under the letter V.
