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Thursday, June 26, 1947
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The Headlines
NAVY FAVORS SALE OF 100 SHIPS TO AID AMERICAS DEFENSE; Proposes Transferring Craft to Bolster Latin American and Canadian Fleets GREAT LAKES DANGER SEEN Eisenhower Says Area Would Be One of First Targets of Enemy Air Forces NAVY FAVORS SALE OF 100 U.S. VESSELS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Unfaithful
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
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
28,835 days ago
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