I just came across one of these Pages of Time pamphlets. If you don’t know, they’re little books based around a particular year where they share lots of items available at the time or events of that year as well. They have national and regional news, advertisements, movies, price indexes, inventions, famous births, etc. I’m looking at the year 1951 and just some really cool things popped out at me “U.N. Halts North’s Drive in Korea”, “Truce Reached in Korea”, “Hydrogen Bomb Tested in the Pacific”, “U.S. Presidency Limited to Two Terms”. Then it follows with some really cool/funny advertisements of automobile batteries, American Airlines, Arvin TVs, and one of my favorite Derby Peter Pan Peanut Butter. I love vintage advertisements like this.
I also love the price indexes. In 1951:
- Average income $3515
- New Car $1520
- Gallon of gas $.19
- Loaf of bread $.16
I love looking through these, they’re also great gifts, there’s a page on the inside saying who the gift is to and who it’s from, as well as the event. I think it’s a great thing to add to a birthday gift. So if someone’s born in 1955, get them that year. So look them up! They’re called Pages of Time, I found them in a book store but I’m sure they’re online as well. Thats it for now cya
