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Sunday, August 17, 1947
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The Headlines
ILLINOIS FARMERS SEEK SOUND POLICY; Like High Prices, but Fear That They Won't Last and Debate Long-Range Economy ILLINOIS FARMERS SEEK SOUND POLICY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Three Suns
#1 at the box office
Welcome Stranger
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
28,782 days ago
(78 years, 312 days)