Oddball Facts: 1953

Oddball Facts: 1953

Post from: MAPpingCompanySuccess

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/4912227175/I find looking back at stats and happenings in a given year is always interesting. Not just for big happenings, but for an overview of that world. I had no real reason to choose 1953; it has no special significance to me, but here is a snapshot of the US in 1953.

The biggie was the end of the Korean War.

Ernest Hemmingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

A guy named John married a gal named Jackie.

Living facts:

  • The average wage was $4000/year;
  • an average house cost $9500;
  • an average car cost $1600; and you could
  • fill it up for 20 cents a gallon.

But for all that I still wouldn’t want to go back to a 1953 world.

Image credit: Five Starr Photos

Link to original post

Leave a Reply