I like to look at some of those old stamps, an Airmail stamp for 3 cents, postcard 2 cents etc. I guess those were the days but the wages were the pits...Bread: 8 cents/loaf Milk: 34 cents/gal Postage Stamp: 3 cents Stock Market: 131 Average Annual Salary: $1,900 Minimum Wage: 30 cents per hour: The cost of living in 1949. Car: $1,650 Gasoline: 26 cents/gal House: $14,500 Bread: 14 cents/loaf Milk: 84 cents/gal Postage Stamp: 3 cents Stock Market: 200 Average Annual Salary: $3,600 Minimum Wage ...