5¢ Burgers & Dime Chili: Boo-Koo, Harlingen TX, 1939

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Boo-Koo Hamburger stand in Harlingen, Texas. Burgers 5 cents, chili a dime, breakfast two bits, the 7up is real. (Photo by Russell Lee. February 1939)

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  2. That 7-Up probably had real sugar. I was watching the 1944 movie Double Indemnity and when the scenes cut into the grocery store all the signs for practically everything were 50¢, 25¢, 15¢, 10¢, 5¢….

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