baby doll pajamas - lived in these on hot summer nights...
manual window crank - when you actually rolled the windows down...
clotheslines & pins
vent windows in cars - why did 'they' get rid of these?
35mm slides - are yours still sitting in a box in a closet?
carousel slide projector -
Creamsicles!
loved Fudgsicles!
1960's child car seat - they may not have been the safest, but it's what was available at the time... at least we put our precious cargo in something! lol
Popeye cartoons
the soda fountain - best egg creams and black & whites - I miss 'em.
switchboard operators - before automation, there was a real voice at the other end if you needed assistance...
child's metal sand bucket and shovel - before the influx of plastic
plain ol' red fire hydrant (by RickM2007@flickr) - you hardly ever see a red fire hydrant anymore - now they're yellow, or construction orange, or blue, or two-tone... but not just plain old red...
trusty ol' aluminum stove top coffee percolator
Flintstones chewables - my son loved these - crawled up on top of the fridge to get them when he was a toddler!
used to see these posters all over -
"I Remember Mama" TV series - wow, a real oldie from the 50s...
plugged mine in every morning(!!) and curled my hair before work... good grief, the things we did!
Nancy and Sluggo comics
Dick Tracy (and his two-way wrist radio) comics...
did you used to do this? - we'd put metal taps on our shoes so we'd sound 'cool' as we click-clacked along. it was especially cool in the school halls!
Brenda Starr comic strip
in October 1957 the Soviet Union wins the Space Race and launches Sputnik 1, the first man made, earth-orbiting satellite...
remember the trademark orange roofs, inexpensive meals, endless pots of coffee and 28 flavors of ice cream at Howard Johnson's? they used to be everywhere...
I'd go shopping with my mom on Saturdays and what a treat to stop and have a grilled cheese sandwich and soda for lunch at the 5&10 ...
25 cents a gallon for gasoline - you could cruise around a lot on a couple of dollars... now you almost need to take out a second mortgage for a trip to the store!!
at school we bought savings stamps for 10 cents. they went in a little booklet and when it was filled, you could take it to the bank for a U. S. Savings Bond - a war bond.
oh my, how could I forget Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob! we didn't have a TV, but I watched it after school sometimes at a neighbors house.
Parcheesi - played it all the time back in the day, haven't played it in years - do they even still make it?
classic white bucks...
(Yes I had a pair Tom R.)
Superman comics
Little Lulu and Tubby comics
Wonder Woman comics
Batman & Robin comics - the Dynamic Duo!
we still have some of these floating around the house... the cats love 'em
♫ "you'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" ♪
wish I had mine - I had a lot of cool names... Johnny Cash among them...
my mother loved this ...
4 cent postage...
I remember 3 and 4 cent postage, and 1 and 2 cent postcards...
"I Like Ike" campaign buttons
Ipana tootpaste and Bucky Beaver...
lace curtain dryer/stretcher - my aunt had one of these scary, evil looking things (with all the little nails sticking out) in her attic - it was years before I knew what the heck it was... lol
48 star U.S. flag
Vicks VapoRub - comforting go-to for congestion and colds
mercurochrome and merthiolate - our go-to antiseptics for minor cuts and scrapes... boy, did that merthiolate burn - you had to blow on the boo boo til it dried...
dancing cigarette pack ads
oversize sunglasses ala Jackie
cat eye glasses - my son still teases me about wearing them...
leisure suits and disco shirts...
1970's hip hugger bell bottoms
eat one, save the other til later
'Beatles' hats - had to have one! I still love Greek fisherman hats...
miniskirts...
The Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr)
Frankenstein (Boris Karloff)
Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
goofy toe socks - lol, what were we thinking!
The Lone Ranger and Tonto... and Silver
Hopalong Cassidy & Topper
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