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Sunday, July 23, 1939
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The Headlines
TAKES LONG LEASE IN HUDSON STREET; Borland Printing Co. Moving to Large Building Owned by Trinity Church
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Vera Rubin (1928)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Television Sets (World's Fair), View-Master & Helicopter (Sikorsky).
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
31,729 days ago
(86 years, 339 days)