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Here is some 1950 neat stuff. right after the war the united states thrived and did
well. gasoline was around 10 cents per gallon. around $1,900.00 would buy you a brand new car but that was like $12,000.00 now.
population: 151,684,000 (u.s. dept. of commerce,
bureau of the census)*
unemployed: 3,288,000
life expectancy: women 71.1, men 65.6
car sales: 6,665,800
average salary: $2,992
labor force male/female: 5/2
cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14
bomb shelter plans, like the government pamphlet you can survive, become widely available