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What Things Cost in 1959:
Car: $2,200
Gasoline: 30 cents/gal
House: $18,500
Bread: 20 cents/loaf
Milk: $1.01/gal
Postage Stamp: 4 cents
Stock Market: 679
Average Annual Salary: $5,500
Minimum Wage: $1.00 per hour

(44K)
1959 Ford Skyliner
(22K)
1959 Philco Predicta Princess
(20K)
1959 DuMont Chatham-II
Courtesy Giovanni Capozzi (on TV)
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42,000,000 American homes have television, some have 2 sets
already
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JANUARY 9th: Rawhide starts it's seven year
run
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SEPTEMBER 12th: Bonanza becomes the
first Western in color
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OCTOBER 2nd: The Twilight Zone is
introduced by CBS
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RCA SELLS 90,000 COLOR
TV SETS -- Model CT-9. In 1960, after spending more than $130
Million in research and advertising, color television finally records its
first profit for RCA. From a production standpoint, the one
million units per year barrier is not broken until 1964.

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