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The Other Side of the Coin

The Other Side of the Coin

July 4 2022

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The composite above reflects the memory people of a certain age have of what the Fifties were like. It was a time of great growth in the size of the middle class. In this decade millions of American families, for the first time in a long time, had extra money to spend. Children were given their fair share.

Manufacturers were only too happy to fill the v…

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