Saturday, 17 May 2014

Life April 9 1951 Page 2

She’s the kind of woman that made NEW ORLEANS famous!
RED HOT romance that rock’s ol’ New Orleans right down to the base of Basin Street!

ROBERT MITCHUM · AVA GARDNER · MELVYN  DOUGLAS
in
MY FORBIDDEN PAST
with
LUCILLE WASTSON · JANIS CARTER
Directed by ROBERT STEVNSON Screenplay by MARION PASONNET from the novel CARRIAGE ENTRANCE by POLAN BANKS
RKO RADIO PICTURES
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LIFE is published weekly by TIME Inc., 540 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 11, Ill. Printed in U. S. A. Entered as second-class matter November 16, 1936 at the Postoffice at Chicago, Volume 30 Ill. under the act of March 3, 1879. Authorized by Post Office Department! Ottawa, Canada, as second-class matter. Subscriptions $6.75 a year in U. S. A.; $7.25 in Canada. 
Volume 30
Number 15 
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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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