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Wednesday, June 11, 1947
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The Headlines
Strikes at a Peak in May; 4,159 Notices Filed in '47; STRIKES THIS YEAR AT A PEAK IN MAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mam'selle
Art Lund
#1 at the box office
Great Expectations
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
28,850 days ago
(79 years, 15 days)