WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! 1958 is a beautiful 176-page hardcover cocktail table book packed with hundreds of original photos, magazine ads and consumer pricing. It is loaded with facts on new products and inventions, advances in science and medicine, hit songs and films, popular radio and television programs, Broadway plays, famous people, the latest look in fashion and, of course, sports winners. Laid out like a college yearbook with zany illustrations, WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! 1958 will instantly take you back in time for a lively, fun look at the people, places and events that shaped world history and changed our lives forever.
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Other years available include 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1955, 1959
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"What A Year It Was! 1958" is one of a series of books commemorating some of the middle years of the 20th Century. The large format book contains an interesting collection of photographs, extracts from magazines and newspapers, and advertisements from a variety of sources, all providing a flavor of the times.
In 1958, Dwight Eisenhower was President, the Yankees won the World Series, the Oscar for Best Picture went to "The Bridge on the River Kwai", the top TV program was "Gunsmoke", and the US has just put its first satellite into earth orbit. There are listings for a variety of other political, cultural, and sports events. The advertisements add alot; the top selling sound system in 1958 was the size of a small refrigerator and the average car was big, really big. The death of James Doolittle, the USAF Colonel who led a famous raid over Tokyo early in the Second World War, was honored with a ceremony featuring his surviving raiders and a B-25 bomber. "What A Year It Was! 1958" is out of print but highly recommended even in used condition to those folks for whom 1958 was for any reason a special year.
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