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We've reached an age where we can stop lying about our age and start bragging about it.
 
 

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Class of 1954

 

Top Songs for 1954

Make Love to Me by Jo Stafford    

Sh-Boom by Crew-Cuts    

This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney    

Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen    

Oh! My Papa by Eddie Fisher    

Wanted by Perry Como    

Hey There by Rosemary Clooney    

Mr. Sandman by Chordettes    

I Need You Now by Eddie Fisher    

Secret Love by Doris Day    

 

 

1954 Prices

US President

Bread:

 $0.17/loaf

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Milk:

 $0.92/gal

US Vice President

Eggs:

 $0.77/doz

Richard M. Nixon

Car:

 $1,950

Academy Award Winners

Gas:

 $0.29/gal

Best Picture:

On The Waterfront

 

Directed By Elia Kazan

Best Actor:

Marlon Brando

 

in On The Waterfront

Best Actress:

Grace Kelly

 

in The Country Girl

House:

 $17,500

Stamp:

 $0.03/ea

Avg Income:

 $4,684/yr

Min Wage:

 $0.75/hr

DOW Avg:

   404

 

On TV in 1954

Make Room for Daddy   

Dragnet   

U.S. Steel Hour   

Jackie Gleason Show   

Lassie   

I Love Lucy   

This Is Your Life   

The Burns and Allen Show   

Omnibus   

The Ed Sullivan Show   

 

 

Hot New Toys in 1954

Robert the Robot   

Whee-Lo   

 

 

Top Books in 1954

Under the Net by Iris Murdoch    

Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein    

Science and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham    

...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold    

Lord of the Flies by William Golding