Bayer Aspirin packaged in tin pillboxes:

Nestlé’s Quik that came in a tin container and required a spoon to pop open its lid:

And Peter Pan Peanut Butter that game in a glass jar with a tin lid that was sometimes hard to grip:

“Clicker” TV remotes:

The Ed Sullivan Show, which aired on Sunday nights:

Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes with the banana seats that everybody you knew seemed to own:

Duck and cover drills, which were supposed to help you survive a nuclear attack…by hiding under your desk and covering your neck?

Having your sandwiches you brought for lunch be wrapped in waxed paper:

Elaborate Jell-O desserts that were served at every party you went to:

And savory Jell-O being used to make Jell-O vegetable salads:

Rolling Stone being a counterculture magazine:

And Prell shampoo when it came in a glass covered bottle:

Floor ashtrays that were perfect to put next to a chair or sofa that didn’t have a side table:

Promotional 45 records that came on cereal boxes:

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:

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