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WWII is over. Gas is 19.9 cents a gallon and they pump it for you, check your oil and wash your windshield too. $12,000 a year is a great income. Every kid’s dream is to build a hot rod and go joy riding up and down Main Street with his or her pals. It was the 1950s and we hope to bring some of it back to life in our friendly town that welcomes everyone. | |
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1950: The Diner's Club credit card is introduced, changing the way American's buy on credit. 1951: The Rosenberg's are sentenced for spying for Russia. 1952: Hasbro begins advertising toys on television. 1953: Congress creates the Small Business Administration. 1954: McDonald's begins franchising its hamburger stands. 1955: President Eisenhower holds the first televised presidential press conference. 1956: Baseball's Mickey Mantle wins his first of three Most Valuable Player awards. 1957: The Broadway hit musical West Side Story debuts. 1958: The first Visa and American Express cards are introduced. 1959: Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states. |
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"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for under $20.00" "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $5000.00 will only buy a used one." "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" "If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business." "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage." "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies anymore, ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying "damn" in “Gone with the Wind” it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it." "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas." "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000.00 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president." "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric, they are even making electric typewriters now." "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet." "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes." "There is no sense going anywhere for a weekend anymore, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel." "No one can afford to be sick anymore, $35.00 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood" "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it." |
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