Monday, 15 July 2013

Harper’s Bazaar May 1951 Page 78

One of the fabulous exclusives of the Jewelists. This DIAMOND-PLATINUM bracelet-watch encasing a Patek Phillipe movement.
LINZ Jewelists · dallas
since eighteen seventy-seven
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SHOPPING BAZAAR...
Newly imported colognes by Jean Patou:
"Amour Amour" that smells like a walk in the garden and "Cocktail Dry," cool and stimulating. $7.50 for 71/3 ounces of either, plus tax. Jay Thorpe.
Rings for their fingers:
For the bride, a gold circle set with cultured pearls, $29.00; for the groom, the classic plain band, $12.00. Both, in 14-carat gold. Marchel Jewelers. 719 Fifth Avenue.
A memento of the old Ritz Carlton:
The beautiful old door brasses-knobs and key plates, available through your decorator, at Charles A. McCarthy, 48 East 57th. Tennis shorts and a shirt in a marvelous new fabric:
Suede jersey - a soft, porous, washable cotton. By De De Johnson of California. $35.00 complete
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SLIMTITE s Summer's Fashions with this lovely, luxable slip. Frilly-laced white top and black skirt joined for double purpose practicality. Sheer, cool, comfortable, long-wearing" Celanese rayon jersey. Sizes 32-42. Also in solid colors; white, pink, blue and black. Price $2.95. In the finest stores or write; WESTERN UNDERWEAR CO., 76 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. 
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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?

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