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Thursday, January 2, 1947
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The Headlines
'CAMERA-GUN' HUNT YIELDS SLIM CLUE; 'CAMERA-GUN' HUNT YIELDS SLIM CLUE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams
#1 at the box office
The Razor's Edge
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Transistor, Polaroid Land Camera & Defibrillator.
Style of 1947
Silhouette: Cinched waist and full skirt (The New Look)
Material: Taffeta and tulle
- Gloves
- Structured hips
- Matching sets
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,010 days ago
(79 years, 175 days)