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What Things Cost in 1954:
Car: $1,950
Gasoline: 29 cents/gal
House: $17,500
Bread: 17 cents/loaf
Milk: 92 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Stock Market: 404
Average Annual Salary: $4,700
Minimum Wage: 75 cents per hour

(57K)
1954 Ford
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JAN 1st: The first national coast-to-coast colorcast
takes place, with the broadcast of the "Tournament of Roses Parade" from
Pasadena, California to 21 network stations. There were only 200 RCA
electronic color television sets (Model 5 - experimental) able to view the
show. This is acknowledged as the first day American television
officially changed from black-and-white to color. Read more details on
Ed Reitan's web site.

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MARCH: 370 TV Stations in operation, with
another 202 about to come on-line
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APRIL: RCA Launches COLOR
Television, with the sale of the CT-100, at $1,000 a copy. Less than
5,000 sell the first year.
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