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1955 Consumerism takes off in force with some 7.9 million cars sold in the United States, with 7 out of 10 families now owning a motor car, and new laws are put in place requiring seat belts to be installed on all new cars. The average wage was now $3,851 per year, and the minimum wage was increased to $1.00 per hour. The first McDonalds was erected in 1955 and more and more fast food and TV dinners appeared, including fish fingers. The first cans of Coca-Cola were sold until then, it was only sold in bottles. Rock and roll music continued to grow in popularity with more and more idols including Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry and The Platters, and young men's fashion matched the era with pink shirts and charcoal gray suits.