Here is proof that in 1932 you could buy a shovel for 78 cents:

Years ago I bought a copy of the 1932 McMaster Carr industrial equipment catalog.  It was a part of a small collection of industrial catalogs I had put together.  It sat happily on my bookshelf for several decades.

Now through a lovely coincidence McMaster Carr 32 is going back to McMaster Carr.  My friend Howard R mentioned in passing that his niece, Amy, worked as a manager at McMaster Carr.  I immediately offered the book.  This morning Amy accepted.  For me this is part of my personal divestiture effort, the motto of which is “Less stuff is more.”  In this case I get a threefer:  I will always have the digital photos above to fill my need for nostalgia, my heirs will have one less thing to get rid of when I die and the book will end up in a place where people will get real pleasure from it.