Remember when…
No matter what era you grew up in, evidence always lingers from previous times. Here are a few things to jog your memories…
The late Thirties and the Forties
Jalopies, the Depression, pin-ups, Roosevelt, Jazz, Swing, foxtrots, wireless radio, Brylcreem ( a little dab 'll do ya!), Burma Shave, Bing Crosby, George Raft, Marx Brothers, Mae West, Frank Sinatra, big bands, WW II, Churchill, Hitler, television, self-service grocery stores.
The Fifties
Flying saucers, Sputnik, "keeping up with the Joneses," Queen Elizabeth II, Truman, Eisenhower, the Marshall Plan. Chesterfield cigarettes, gangs, colored refrigerators, Bakelite. Transportation: Cars with "shark fins," Studebaker, Nash Rambler, Ford Thunderbird (T-birds), Cadillac Coupe de Ville, Edsel, Vespa motor scooter.
Transistor radios, vapor trails from jet airplanes, bowling, skating rinks, the juke box. Lilt permanent waves, Alpha-Bits cereal, motels, Disneyland, Lustre-Crème Shampoo, Breck shampoo, plastic flowers and fruit. French poodles. Nylon! Cuffed ("turned up") blue jeans, bobby sox, poodle skirts, pedal pushers, sneakers, haircuts with a "DA." Stretch ski pants.
Movies: The African Queen, Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, South Pacific, Oklahoma, The Caine Mutiny, The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, Howdy Doody Show, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Jimmy Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee. TV: I Love Lucy, Phil Silvers, My Little Margie, Leave it to Beaver, The Mickey Mouse Club, Dick Clark. Dave Garroway on the Today Show. Rock 'n' Roll: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Cliff Richards, Eddie Cochran, the Big Bopper.
The Sixties
JFK, Jackie Kennedy, shift dresses, mantillas, pillbox hats, white gloves, the Bomb, Cold War, Radio Free Europe, bomb shelters, Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, LBJ. Chubby Checker and the Twist. Folk music.
Bouffant hairstyles, teasing, Dippity Do, rat-tailed combs, Tangee lipstick, mascara (cake or brush on), fake pierced earrings. Flintstones, Jetsons, Avengers, Star Trek, Man from UNCLE, Monkees, Hullaballoo, Where the Action Is. Hair, the musical. Beatles' White Album. Head shops. Double knit fabrics. Pantyhose. Janis Ian. Judy Collins.
Silly Putty, superballs, Batman and Robin, the Green Hornet, Mary Poppins, Sean Connery as James Bond. A Hard Day's Night, Georgie Girl. John, Paul, George and Ringo. Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five, Bob Dylan.
Andy Warhol, Op Art, Pop Art. Mary Quant, Yardley cosmetics, Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy, Rudi Gernreich, go-go boots, Mondrian dresses, paper dresses, the Byrds' tinted half glasses, and Carnaby Street. Hot pants, topless swimsuits, streakers, maxi skirts, mini skirts, bell bottoms. Flower Power. Freaks. Partridge Family, Brady Bunch.
Woodstock, acid, Wavy Gravy, Hendrix. Deep Purple. Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The Who. Womens Lib. Grateful Dead. Dr. John, the Night Tripper. Sly and the Family Stone. Communes. Peace demonstrations. Tear gas. Joan Baez, and Mimi Farina. Leary v. Letvin. Bose speakers. Volkswagen Beetles & buses. Yellow submarine.
and, a little of The Seventies:
Heart. Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Banana Splits (cartoons), George of the Jungle. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. DisneyWorld. Bruce Lee. Disaster movies. Inflation. Nixon, Watergate, then Ford. Gas shortages. Jaws. Star Wars. Designer jeans. Candies' platform shoes. Calvin Klein. Preppy Handbook. Izod shirts.