45 Photos Of Long Forgotten Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable And Very Nostalgic To Anyone Born Before 1960
1.Crocheted toilet paper dolls that, along with hiding an extra roll of toilet paper, also matched the bathroom color:
2.And colored toilet paper which also matched the color of the bathroom:
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3.One-use plastic or paper cups that were set up next to the bathroom sink to be used whenever you brushed your teeth (because it was more sanitary):
4.And possibly brushing your teeth with Great Zeeth's Mighty White toothpaste:
5.The Beatles cartoon which aired on Saturday mornings and featured sing-alongs of their songs:
6.The Oscar Mayer commercial that featured the very catchy "The Oscar Mayer Wiener Song" jingle:
7.Cherry-flavored Vi-Daylin Chewable Vitamins that were for kids:
8.Sheaffer pens that came with replaceable cartridges:
9.Tin matchstick dispensers that were mounted in the kitchen next to the stove:
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10.Eating Salisbury steak with canned vegetables:
11.And having succotash made from canned lima beans and corn:
12.Hot rollers cases that sat on your mother's or grandma's bathroom vanity:
13.Flipping through your parents' newest issue of Life magazine:
14.And flipping through the newest Gamble Aldens catalog as soon as it arrived in the mail:
15.An Osterizer blender that was the real workhorse of the kitchen:
16.And you or your parents covering the Osterizer blender with a kitchen appliance cover that coordinated with the kitchen colors, and matched the other appliance covers:
17.Making pizzas at home with Chef Boyardee Complete Pizza kits:
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18.And you or your parents making chow mein for dinner out of a can and covering it with crunchy noodles:
19.Having fruit cocktail cake for dessert — though it was more of a pudding than a cake:
20.Princess phones, which were extremely coveted by tween and teen girls:
21.Portable transistor radios that had very long antennas:
22.And car radios that came with push buttons:
23.Twister being controversial for being too sexual:
24.Planning family road trips with brochures and various road maps:
25.Packing for vacations in suitcases that had no wheels and were heavy as hell to carry if they were tightly packed:
26.Stuffed animals that always looked more creepy than cute:
27.TV antennas on the roofs of every house in the neighborhood:
28.The post office giving out change of address kits — which were postcards you or your family would mail to magazine publishers, your family, friends, etc., to update them of your new address:
29.Water cooler bottles being made of glass and weighing a ton:
30.Fuzzy terrycloth pastel slippers that your mom or grandma would wear around the house:
31.Cigarette ads everywhere:
32.And cigarette vending machines everywhere:
33.Tri Chem Liquid Embroidery, which was just fabric paint:
34.People decorating rooms in their homes so that the carpet, wall colors, and textiles were all the exact same color:
35.Walking into Sears and having the whole store smell like fresh popcorn because of the candy department:
36.Putting a stack of dimes on top of the payphone if you knew you were going to be talking for a while:
37.Breck Shampoo and the Breck Girls used in ads:
38.LePage's Mucilage glue that looked like maple syrup and really never glued anything down:
39.Avon Hostess Soaps that your mom or grandma would put out in the guest bathroom and you were not allowed to use (because it was for guests only):
40.An Avon perfumed talcs which your mom or grandma would have in their vanity area:
41.Vaseline that came in glass jars with tin lids:
42.And Vicks VapoRub, which also came in glass jars with tin lids:
43.Mercurochrome, which your parents would put on scratches and cuts and burned like the pits of hell:
44.Bozo the Clown, who was more terrifying than anything else:
45.And lastly, Walter Cronkite delivering the evening news on CBS:
