Original Caption: Imported Gasoline Was Sold at This Service Station, During the Fuel Crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74. It Was as Much as Twice the Price of Domestic Gas and There Were Few Customers at First. But the Numbers Increased as the Crisis Grew 02/1974
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13043
Photographer: Falconer, David
Subjects:
Portland (Multnomah county, Oregon, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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Adrienne Johnson SF 15 months ago | reply
As of 2010, that gas that was $1.74/gal would be $7.61/gal. The national salary average in 1974 was $8030.76 (equivalent to $35,124 in today's dollars.).