JANUARY 10, 1930

FRIDAY
1930 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1930
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $43,923,516 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$0.25
Median Home Price$5,500.00
Gas Price Avg$0.20
Bread Price Avg$0.08
Movie Ticket Avg$0.25
First Class Stamp$0.02
Milk Price Avg$0.50
Top Movies From 1930
Show screen release and event cards
1 Whoopee!
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Whoopee!
2 Check and Double Check
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Check and Double Check
3 All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
4 Hell's Angels
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Hell's Angels
5 The Big House
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The Big House
6 Common Clay
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Common Clay
7 Min and Bill
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Min and Bill
8 Song o' My Heart
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Song o' My Heart
9 Son of the Gods
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Son of the Gods
10 The Dawn Patrol
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The Dawn Patrol

January 10, 1930 Trivia

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January 10, 1930

January 10, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Gov, Actors Face Liquor Fines, Silk Gowns in the Senate sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, Prohibition, Politics, Infrastructure, all hap...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1930

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Scotch Cellulose Tape
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Scotch Cellulose Tape
2 Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods
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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods
3 Pluto Discovery
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Pluto Discovery
4 Motorola Car Radio
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Motorola Car Radio
5 Twinkie Snack Cake
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Twinkie Snack Cake
6 Neoprene Synthetic Rubber
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Neoprene Synthetic Rubber
7 Schick Electric Shaver Patent
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Schick Electric Shaver Patent
8 Differential Analyzer
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Differential Analyzer
9 Turbojet Engine Patent
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Turbojet Engine Patent
10 BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts
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BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Headlines From January 10, 1930

Full News Archive

  • Headline: Gov. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
  • Headline: Actors Face Liquor Fines. Impact: Prohibition snapshot: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument. Fact: Prohibition pressure was spilling into courts, clubs, policing, and organized politics.
  • Headline: Silk Gowns in the Senate. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.
  • Headline: Canal Traffic Declined. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once.
  • Headline: Durant's Policy Explained. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.
  • Headline: Year's Acceptances Total $8,067,632,819. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
  • Headline: N.Y.U. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1930
$0.06
Stored value
$3,433,940

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $3,433,940 today (3433.9x return)

Rank #2
PG
Procter & Gamble
Price in 1930
$0.25
Stored value
$586,657

Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $586,657 today (586.7x return)

Rank #3
CVX
Chevron
Price in 1930
$0.31
Stored value
$474,913

Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $474,913 today (474.9x return)

🧸 Top 5 Toys
Tiddledy Winks
Tiddledy Winks
$10
Lincoln Logs
Lincoln Logs
$120
Mickey Mouse Doll
Mickey Mouse Doll
$250
Marbles
Marbles
$150
Tinkertoy
Tinkertoy
$50
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Typhoo Tea 'British Land Birds'
Typhoo Tea 'British Land Birds'
$40-$250
Carreras Cigarettes 'History of Naval Dress'
Carreras Cigarettes 'History of Naval Dress'
$75-$400+
Wills's Cigarettes 'Cinema Stars'
Wills's Cigarettes 'Cinema Stars'
$50-$350+
Churchman's Cigarettes 'Boxing' Series
Churchman's Cigarettes 'Boxing' Series
$100-$800
Godfrey Phillips 'Film Stars'
Godfrey Phillips 'Film Stars'
$50-$500+