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This Is Who We Were: In The 1940s

Table of Contents

Essay on the 1940s




Introduction




Section One: Profiles




Glassblower in 1940




Shipbuilder in 1942




Grocery Store Owner in 1942




Native American Boy in 1942




Guitar Transformer in 1942




Filipino Maintenance Worker in 1943




Securities Analyst in 1944




High School Sophomore in 1944




Boxer in 1944




Overcoming Prejudices in the US Navy in 1945




Trombonist in 1945




High School Teacher in 1945




African-American Reporter in 1946




Inventor in 1946




Civil Rights: Desegregating the Military in 1946




Homemaker in 1946




College Basketball Player in 1946




Microwave Inventor in 1947




Architect in 1948




17-Year-Old Science Fiction Enthusiast in 1948




Longshoreman in 1948




Baseball Player in 1948




Junior Safety Patrol Member in 1948




Harbor Pilot in 1949




Radio Broadcaster in 1949




Engineering Educator in 1949




Section Two: Historical Snapshots




Early 1940s




Mid 1940s




Late 1940s




Section Three: Economy of the Times




Consumer Expenditures




Annual Income




Selected Prices




Value of a Dollar Index 1860-2014.




Section Four: All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read ↦ Listened To




All Around Us—1940s.




Section Five: Census Data




State-by-State Comparative Tables: 1940, 1950 and 2010




Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States




Census of Population: 1950




Volume I: Number of Inhabitants




Volume II: Characteristics of the Population




Part 1: United States Summary




Census of Housing: 1950




Volume I: General Characteristics




Part 1: United States Summary




Special Reports: 1950




Marital Status




Education




Fertility




Census of Agriculture: 1950




Volume II: General Report




Bibliography