Saturday, 3 May 2014

Life April 9 1951 Page 24

BLUEPRINTS
BLUEPRINTS CONTINUED
STILL LIFE was concocted from fish net, strips of glass, keys, grass, leash, doily. Blueprints are cheap to make. Ten-yard-roll of paper costs about $1.75
FOCUSING on tufts of grass, Bob exposes paper till it turns white under lamp light. Developing turns it blue. Ordinary light bulb has no effect on blueprint. 
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The longer wear in Florsheim Ventilated Shoes is almost as famous as their cool, breezy comfort. That's because they're identical, in leather, workmanship, and even style, to regular year-round shoes. It all adds up to extra-seasons' wear-and that means typical Florsheim economy in the long run. 
Florsheim town vents 
The VIKING, S-1230, plain toe ventilated. 
The Florsheim Shoe Company · Chicago · Makers of fine shoes for men and women
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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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