1948
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
United States
July 9, 2025 12:42am CST
Acrocar International begins to design and develop a flying car!
The number of homes in the US that have a TV reaches over one million.
Columbia introduces the 33-1/3 rpm LP which holds 25 minutes of music per side. It replaces the 78 rpm record which held 4 minutes of music per side.
Al Jolson is the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" of the year according to a Variety poll.
The #1 song of the year was Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore and Her Happy Boys.
Eggs - $.15 per dozen
Bacon - $.42 per pound
Round steak - $.91 per pound
Minimum wage - $.40 per hour
I was born in 1948
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@snowy22315 (208847)
• United States
9 Jul
Guess that flying car thing did not "take off." pun intended.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89589)
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Jul
Very interesting info. Wouldn't it be nice to have those prices again; well except the minimum wage of course.
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@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
10 Jul
You figure, you'd have to work over 2 hours to get a pound of round steak. I think that's quite a bit.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89589)
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Jul
@LindaOHio Probably longer now!! lol
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@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
9 Jul
I'm old enough to be your mother. That's depressing.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
9 Jul
That's interesting. Me Ibwas born in 1951. I remember as grow up prime commodities during that time hadb very low prices. Only radio, TV and newspapers were meant for entertainment and information dissemination.
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@Ineeddentures (34258)
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9 Jul
You are 12 years older than I am Linda
Things sure were a lot cheaper then than they are now.
Wonder what happened to the flying car,
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@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
9 Jul
Don't rub it in. lololol Everyone tells me I don't look that old because I hardly have any lines on my face.
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@Ineeddentures (34258)
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9 Jul
@LindaOHio
Same here
I got told I was about 50 yesterday
Yvonne was chuffed
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@id_peace (17036)
• Singapore
10 Jul
@LindaOHio Yes it didn't. And we always said during that time which is actually partially true now - Robots will replace humans in work.
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@FourWalls (86653)
• United States
9 Jul
And in 2025 the self-driving cars don’t even work on the ground!
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jul
I came along in 1957 and Elvis was all shook up
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jul
I came along in 1957 and Elvis was all shook up
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