Tag: 1950s

6 Great Money Lessons From the 1950s You Should Use Today

kate_sept2004 / Getty Images America in the 1950s was a vastly different place than it is today. Unemployment rates were low, individual purchasing power was high, and mass production and new technologies were making everyday goods and services readily available and cheaper. Many young adults in the 1950s grew up during the Great Depression — […]

Baltimore loved a Christmas store bargain in the 1950s

Dec. 19—By Jacques Kelly — jkelly@baltsun.com December 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. The Christmas shoppers assembled inside the front doors of Baltimore’s departments awaiting the sound of the 9:30 a.m. bell. It was like a school, with a sales associate drawing back a rope for the early-bird customers. They shot off to escalators, elevators, and […]