Television History - The First 75 Years
 
 

What Things Cost in 1956:
Car: $2,100
Gasoline: 30 cents/gal
House: $17,800
Bread: 18 cents/loaf
Milk: 97 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Stock Market: 499
Average Annual Salary: $5,300
Minimum Wage: $1.00 per hour

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1956 Ford and 1956 Thunderbird

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1956 Zenith B&W Model X-2257RU Size: 28W x 22D x 36H

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1956-57 RCA "Aldrich" Color TV - 21 inch screen - First $500 TV - CTC-5 Chassis

•  APRIL 2nd:  The #1 Daytime Serial starts: As The World Turns

•  AUGUST 13th: All three networks cover the Chicago Democratic Convention

•  NOVEMBER:  The videotape is first used by CBS, causing the impending death of the kinescopes - filmed television screens.
   

•  RCA SELLS 90,000 COLOR TV SETS -- Model CT-4

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