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Small Steaks: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 2:58pm.
Detroit circa 1912. "Dime Savings Bank, Woodward & Willis branch." As is often the case with these glass plates, a supporting player steals the scene: Jordan's Cafeteria, where the Small Steak is 20 cents. The friendly loan officers next door can help with that. Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
A little piece of me
Submitted by EastsideAl on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 12:17pm.
I was conceived just half a block east of (and 46 years after) this scene.
Doesn't Surprise Me
Submitted by Brent on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 4:57pm.
The 20 cent small steak doesn't really surprise me, and it doesn't have to be a "hamburger steak sandwich" either. It isn't going to be a thick steak, and it will undoubtedly not be one of the best cuts of meat on the steer; in fact it'll probably be so tough that when you bite it it bites back. But consider that the Union Pacific was selling a choice of Roast Young Turkey w/ Cranberries, Suckling Pig w/ Baked Apples, Broiled Philadelphia Squab, or Broiled Teal Duck for 65 cents on the Overland Limited at Christmas 1913. Around the same time or maybe a few years later a Tenderloin or Sirloin Steak, cooked to order was 80 cents on the Santa Fe's Deluxe. So maybe 20 cents for a small steak isn't that out of line.
Vacant Lot...
Submitted by 510Russ on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 11:49am.
Looks like a vacant lot, today. But, there's no need to go hungry. There's a McDonald's right next door.
Scented laundry?
Submitted by 2trux on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 11:48am.
I love the sign on the right bottom.
Scented Laundry
Cigars
Tobaccos
Gee, I wonder what your laundry will smell like!!
Ten cents worth
Submitted by bobby1949 on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 9:25am.
A dime is a pretty small stake, too.
I DO get it
Submitted by JohnBraungart on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 7:49am.
That "small" steak is probably a chopped steak sandwich - think Hamburger.
Smoke Stack
Submitted by loribl on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 3:37am.
Check out the brickwork detailing on the smoke stack in the background!
Inflation
Submitted by Rikki Doxx on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 8:34pm.
That 20 cent steak today would cost $4.42 (using the inflation calculator)
Steaks Proportionately
Submitted by Mr Mel on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 4:41pm.
The term "Minute Steak" often confused with a sixty-second moment is not that. The "Minute Steak" is defined by the French adjective of the same word, meaning small, think 'minutely'.
I dont get it
Submitted by RadioMattM on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 3:07pm.
A small steak is 20 cents, but ham and eggs are 25? That is either a microscopic steak or a huge plate ham and eggs!
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