School today? Laptops, tablets, and smartboards. School back in the day? Squeaky chalkboards, overhead projectors, and pencil sharpeners that could take your fingers off. These 52 classroom classics are a nostalgic time machine straight to the golden age of school supplies.
“Elementary School Paper”
“Making These Paper Chains At School For Chistmas Decorations”
“Card Catalog – When I Was In School And Needed Google. My Only Option Was To Go To The Library”
“Pencils With Cartridges”
“Old School Fidget Spinner”
“Overhead Projector”
“Scholastic Book Fair…best Week Of The School Year”
“These TV Carts Always Meant Class Was Going To Be Fun When The Teacher Rolled One In”
“Ruler Stencils”
“The Teacher’s Pull Down Maps”
“The Old School Library Book Pocket Card”
“Listening To The Radio Waiting To See If Your School Was Closed When It Snowed”
“Did Anyone Else Have A Stage In The Cafeteria Of Their School?”
“I See Your Overhead Projector And Raise You A Mimeograph”
“Who Remembers … The Grade Book ?”
“I Still Remember The Cold Hard Surface Of These Lab Tables”
“This Student School Desk”
“Fresh Play-Doh”
“My Mom Was Just Giving This Away”
“Just Found This While Cleaning My Cupboard. My School Pencil Box From The 90s”
“These Battered Library Stools”
“Old Bathroom Sink In Toronto”
“That One Magic Day When The Janitor Would Go Onto The School Roof & Throw Down All The Balls That Were Lost Up There”
“Went School Supply Shopping With My Kid. Bought Myself A Trapper Keeper And A Cool Pen”
“You Are Lucky To Have All Your Fingers After Dealing With One Of These”
“Do You Remember What These Were Used For? (Hint- We Had Them In The Classroom)”
“Kids Today Will Never Know The Pressure Of The Dreaded Due Date”
“Anyone Remember Making These Shoebox Dioramas For School?”
“School Textbooks And Seeing If You Knew Any Of The Names Before You”
“It’s 1971 And I Finally Got A Good Report Card To Give To Mom”
“You Got Hours Of Enjoyment Out Of A Ball On A Rope”
“School Lunch Menu Showing Days Off”
“Found An Ancient Resistor At School”
“Sanford Permanent Marker”
“If you’ve watched someone open one of these markers and immediately smelled its intense aroma”
“Running Your Finger Along The Grooves In The Wall While In School”
“Judy Blume Books. Who Read These In Elementary School?”
“1970’s Pencil Boxes, They Always Broke In A Week, But We Got 1 Every Year”
“Powdered Hand Soap At School For My Fellow Classmates Of The 70’s”
“Did You Take Drivers Ed?”
“Found This Gem Today In My Stash”
“Eating Your Vanilla Ice Cream With A Wooden Spoon”
“Middle School Chairs Yay Or Nay”
“Feeling the static from one of these chairs and getting your hair caught”
“Grade School Scooter Things?”
“When People Came And Sold Yo-Yos In Elementary School”
“Cracking Your Back On These School Desks”
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