Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Never had production been so high or prosperity so great. The stock market topped the previous peak of 19295 business expanded at a frantic paceg and rich farm lands produced evergrowing food sur- pluses. The picture below with the graphic line shows Americais rising food yield since 1920. Although the government taxed heavily for defense spending and inflation cut into the purchasing power of the dollar, the American consumer during our college years was living on top of the world and, as the song says, just rollin' along. He had to rollg obesity was also at an all-time high. 95 xH 3 ii :gill 'Qin ' -ff .. ,si nei l Xxjiir , 2-',ff'5 f ,Us,7 ,4w -':?f5:5f3:..' wvg - hgiaiz.. '1 :yi-y.,q.,i3: peiafqsfswz , fffs-'vX5Qig3 .ii , iffwgMfwftfik sg 555:-725314 Effiw- 'H' -:sf f Kfiilffffif'ff'-'f-He'Y HY1V'fi ..,. '.-',f,'1?'Tfg eifiwxgifiygii' ,ima-3, v ,s21ig- ' - L K.1,'g'.rf-53-gift,nga., ' 25,53 . f .L I f f,fi':f', if 1'w.1wg,m., -1 79 1. fx - -,'?w,'. ' ' .ffrlfi-ww 27423 Q-1':a-1-i4g.wz.f, ,v,gif1:11.-. w 5 , ,E g.2.m1Qg.Qw my We I . ldiilkiis Nfl. l..Lfi'l:' p-ML. ,',H: 'Liles-f'f'.l 1 ' Q' .wfhff liiybfl film- It 13 f3,,VW.t5i1lz.: lg g'ff'.2E- ','f'5f.l',-7 .1 ' N ., .. , , .,+a52k1+ ,V :,gf1-ff.. -,S . , .V , as-ff f f' ,v-'wfv'.-sw:'gm-Q 1.5 -71' ' K ' ' l'.w5ffk:J' , V , ,.m,g1, W-,'g?'.-'Al Y - 3 iiiivii? -i,Q5f':1f ,g-'xiiklii 1:f','f.:m'. ar, -I f f of 3 if 1' Alf 'S ix 'L . I V57 i. K pi I ' i v Hzsii .ffeQfi,lQq-filgibzi flf,g'll',f L'-' W . '- , :- --,wi,m:,e..w,f- , .fa gray an - l ' . ' I w if... . - , a K. Y , - V, ' g.a3,i- ,qu , ' ' j.if:f't .' i .5 I , , ,1,,., . ,, , , , Q- - ..-fi' - ' 9 we a 9 , .. s,,. ,. .. ,Ku ..,. E E, ,J A . , ' 5 eg A K ' if 'YV in ' Nggp 'Q su , W ' - 'wx ..-Q.. 4 -A Mass-selling techniques, such as the 44-store Shop- per's World in Framing- ham, Mass., were designed to accommodate the avari- cious and comfort-hunt- ing public.

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No pictorial expression of the mood of the times could lack photographs of the awe- some instruments of war. The United States to fortify its diplomacy and to be ready in case of a hot war rushed the development of new and expensive weapons, including supersonic jets, versatile helicopters, proving themselves by airlift miracles in Korea, com- plex Nike rockets with 1,500,000 parts, the atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, which could remain submerged indefinitely, and huge supercarriers, nearly four times the length of a football field. All

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Our highway system panted heavily and fell far behind in the race with the tremendously increasing number of automobiles. But federal, state, and local governments finally lifted their heads, and throughways and clover- leafs began to spring up all over the country. Shown here is a photograph of the new high-speed central artery slicing a path through the narrow streets of Boston. -4' '-Q HO' a Americans wanted faster, more comfortable, and more beautiful cars, and the Detroit automakers did their best to please them. Greater horsepower, low- er and sleeker lines, automatic power transmission, power steering, power brakes, and numerous other power-operated devices were offered to satisfy the megalomaniacal consumer. Shown to the left are the 1955 Cadillac and Plymouth. For the first time in many years American-built sports cars rolled down our highways. Four feet high and 100 mph fast, Ford's streakish Thunderbird fbelowj was an all-steel, 3-passenger personal car listing for about 352700. With nearly 60 million cars and trucks on the roads parking problems like the one pictured were a common municipal nightmare.