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And the year was . . . 1954. Coca-Cola sold for a nickel a bottle. Tommy Ross and His Orchestra played at BU dances. Orchid corsages, available at Stop & Shop, cost 98 cents. Boston-area Prince Spaghetti House — “where spaghetti is king” — served “authentic Italian dishes, fabulous steaks, chops, chicken, and seafood.” A Bell Telephone call from Boston to San Francisco cost $2 for the first three minutes. Greyhound and the Boston and Maine Railroad transported students to and from their homes. Students also had a home-away-from-home on campus, at The Castle, President Harold Case's home at 225 Bay State Road. In a custom begun in 1951, the president and his wife entertained 100 students every Thursday. Interior design students at the College of Practical Arts and Letters took on the project of redecorating a meeting room on the upper floor of the house in 1954. The students “worked out an engaging color scheme for walls and ceiling, selected drapes for the windows, and they designed the modern, interesting furniture,” according to an article in Bostonia. In the top photo, Mrs. Case points to a blueprint. Below is a sketch of how the finished room would look. Photos from April 1954 Bostonia
16 January 2004
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