30 Nostalgic Photos For Boomers Posted by Brian Galindo Last Updated: September 15, 2023 30 Nostalgic Photos For Boomers 1. Nestlé’s Quik that came in a tin container and required a spoon to pop open its lid: 2. And Peter Pan Peanut Butter that game in a glass jar with a tin lid that was sometimes hard to grip: 4. The Ed Sullivan Show, which aired on Sunday nights: 5. Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes with the banana seats that everybody you knew seemed to own: 6. Duck and cover drills, which were supposed to help you survive a nuclear attack…by hiding under your desk and covering your neck? 7. Having your sandwiches you brought for lunch be wrapped in waxed paper: 8. Elaborate Jell-O desserts that were served at every party you went to: 9. And savory Jell-O being used to make Jell-O vegetable salads: 10. Rolling Stone being a counterculture magazine: 11. Bayer Aspirin packaged in tin pillboxes: 12. And Prell shampoo when it came in a glass covered bottle: 13. Floor ashtrays that were perfect to put next to a chair or sofa that didn’t have a side table: 14. Promotional 45 records that came on cereal boxes: 15. Note pads that were hung on the wall next to the kitchen wall phone so that you could take a message or write down any information you needed: 16. Colonel Sanders starring in Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials: 17. Mr. Whipple in the “Please, don’t squeeze the Charmin!” Charmin commercials: 18. Gas station attendants at full-service gas stations: 19. The little seats inside of phone booths so that people could sit down while they made a call: 20. Dr. Scholl’s wooden Exercise Sandals that came in the distinctive almost Kodak yellow box: 21. Electric skillet frying pans, which were the air fryers of its era: 22. Bankbooks, that you would get the day you opened your account and allowed you to keep track of deposits and withdrawals: 23. Built-in 8-track players in a car’s center console: 24. Howard Johnson’s restaurants, which were always a stop any time you went on a car trip: 25. The slanted mirrors on the top of super market shelves that let you be able to see what was in the back: 26. Super market clerks that would walk you out to your car if you needed help loading groceries into your car: 27. Shopping for your Sunday best at Penneys: 28. Ben Franklin stores, which were the five and dime that carried all the art and crafts supplies, party supplies, and stationery you could want: 29. Coca-Cola machines that looked like this and sold you a Coke for a dime: 30. And lastly, the TV test pattern screen that went up at midnight which meant that was the end of programming for day until the next morning: Source link Previous Article Sia Talks Music Backlash, Autism Diagnosis Next Article What 65 Celebs Wore To London’s Version Of The Met Gala
1. Nestlé’s Quik that came in a tin container and required a spoon to pop open its lid: 2. And Peter Pan Peanut Butter that game in a glass jar with a tin lid that was sometimes hard to grip: 4. The Ed Sullivan Show, which aired on Sunday nights: 5. Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes with the banana seats that everybody you knew seemed to own: 6. Duck and cover drills, which were supposed to help you survive a nuclear attack…by hiding under your desk and covering your neck? 7. Having your sandwiches you brought for lunch be wrapped in waxed paper: 8. Elaborate Jell-O desserts that were served at every party you went to: 9. And savory Jell-O being used to make Jell-O vegetable salads: 10. Rolling Stone being a counterculture magazine: 11. Bayer Aspirin packaged in tin pillboxes: 12. And Prell shampoo when it came in a glass covered bottle: 13. Floor ashtrays that were perfect to put next to a chair or sofa that didn’t have a side table: 14. Promotional 45 records that came on cereal boxes: 15. Note pads that were hung on the wall next to the kitchen wall phone so that you could take a message or write down any information you needed: 16. Colonel Sanders starring in Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials: 17. Mr. Whipple in the “Please, don’t squeeze the Charmin!” Charmin commercials: 18. Gas station attendants at full-service gas stations: 19. The little seats inside of phone booths so that people could sit down while they made a call: 20. Dr. Scholl’s wooden Exercise Sandals that came in the distinctive almost Kodak yellow box: 21. Electric skillet frying pans, which were the air fryers of its era: 22. Bankbooks, that you would get the day you opened your account and allowed you to keep track of deposits and withdrawals: 23. Built-in 8-track players in a car’s center console: 24. Howard Johnson’s restaurants, which were always a stop any time you went on a car trip: 25. The slanted mirrors on the top of super market shelves that let you be able to see what was in the back: 26. Super market clerks that would walk you out to your car if you needed help loading groceries into your car: 27. Shopping for your Sunday best at Penneys: 28. Ben Franklin stores, which were the five and dime that carried all the art and crafts supplies, party supplies, and stationery you could want: 29. Coca-Cola machines that looked like this and sold you a Coke for a dime: 30. And lastly, the TV test pattern screen that went up at midnight which meant that was the end of programming for day until the next morning:
