Harper’s Junior Bazaar May 1951 Page 148/149

Wherever You May Roam 

Photos by PAUL RADKAI

. . . separates make a fine showing.

· Opposite: An olive green skirt with a pimento red belt, about $11.00. A paler green top, about $8.00. By Lillian Abbott, in Tebilized Irish linen. Lord and Taylor; Jays, Boston; Julius Garfinckel. The leopard canvas shopping bag, $9.95, plus tax. By Sloat and Klein. De Pinna.

Harper's Junior Bazzar for May

 · Opposite: in Stoffel's pink and white striped chambray, a skirt, about $12.00; and a halter bodice, about $7.00. By Chee Armstrong. Bonwit Teller; Julius Garfinckel; Scruggs Vandervoort. Criterion belt. The umbrella, by General Umbrella.

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The average price of a new home then was $9000 about 2.56 times the yearly average wage of $3510.  Which was about 2.34 times the price of a new car $1500.  Today?