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

(58K)
1956 Ford and 1956 Thunderbird
(32K)
1956 Zenith B&W Model X-2257RU Size: 28W x 22D x 36H
(45K)
1956-57 RCA "Aldrich" Color TV - 21 inch screen - First $500 TV - CTC-5 Chassis
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NOVEMBER: The videotape is first used by CBS, causing
the impending death of the kinescopes - filmed television screens.
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RCA SELLS 90,000 COLOR
TV SETS -- Model CT-4

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