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Monday, July 7, 1947
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The Headlines
CITY SEEKS SPEED IN FREEZING RENTS OF HOTEL TENANTS; Meeting of Council Tomorrow Expected to Amend Old Bill Instead of Starting Anew JUNE 30 WOULD BE BASIS Sharkey, Author of Measure, Discounts Predictions That It Would Be Held Illegal
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
Buddy Clark
#1 at the box office
Fiesta
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
28,823 days ago
(78 years, 353 days)