Pics and tidbits of information from the annals of yesteryear.
08/10/03 - FILM GODDESSES OF THE PAST
THE 50'S
Newspaper ads from May of 1958
A new Buick for $2700.00 |
A new Studebaker for $1795.00 and a complete chicken dinner for ONE DOLLAR |
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From the third row down, most are self-explanatory, as I put captions on the pics when I scanned them a
few years ago.
After looking at these again.... I feel ancient. Anyway... it let's you know just a wee-bit more
about Wally, your friendly neighborhood webmaster of DixieCuties.
. . . . . 
This is the
actual
microphone
I used as a DJ
in the
late '50s.
I still
have it.
Cost of House Average Yearly Income 1950 $14,500. $3,216. 2-16oz cans pork 'n beans -- $ .25 Paul Harvey's 1st appearance 1951 $16,000. $3,515. Coca Cola -- 6 bottles -- $ .37 Tupperware introduced 1952 $16,800. $3,515. Red Radio Flyer Wagon -- $8.75 Mad Magazine 1953 $17,400. $4,011. 12 oz jar of Libby's pickles -- $ .25 TV Guide is born 1954 $22,000. $3,960. 2-14oz bottles DelMonte Catsup -- $ .25 IBM "electronic brain" 1955 $22,000. $4,137. Oreo cookies -- 11.75oz package -- $ .39 James Dean killed 1956 $22,000. $4,454. Ford car -- $1,748.00 to $3,151.00 Minimum wage $1.00 1957 $20,000. $4,494. Swanson TV dinners -- $ .75 Velcro patented 1958 $30,000. $4,654. Harvard tuition -- $1,250. per year Postage -- 4 cents 1959 $30,000. $5,016. Nestle's Quick -- 1lb can -- $ .39 Pantyhose introduced One of these days I may find the time to go through some more shit that I have
in boxes.. and get some more good stuff to scan to put on here.
Keep checking back.
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