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Wednesday, January 29, 1947
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The Headlines
$151,000 for 'The Bay Psalm Book' Believed New High for Auction Sale; THE BAY PSALM BOOK SOLD FOR $151,000
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
13 Rue Madeleine
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Abdus Salam (1926)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
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
28,982 days ago
(79 years, 147 days)