Listeria: Meat Prices In NYC (1938)

Jacob Heymann Butcher Shop. (Image by Berenice Abbott.)


Price per pound:

  • Shoulder of Lamb…14¢
  • Fresh Spare Ribs…14¢
  • Leg of Mutton…16¢
  • Long Island Ducks…18¢
  • Loin of Pork…18¢
  • Fresh Ham…20¢
  • Lamb Chops…20¢
  • Smoked Tongue…20¢
  • Fancy Geese…20¢
  • Country Sausage…22¢
  • Smoked Ham…22¢
  • Prime Rib Roast…24¢
  • Turkey…25¢

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