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17 Outdated Ads That Tried (And Failed) To Understand Teen Culture

17 Outdated Ads That Tried (And Failed) To Understand Teen Culture

ByCaleb Hayes June 1, 2025May 27, 2025

As I wandered through the wild world of vintage advertising, I stumbled upon a true…

16 Ways Catalog Shopping Was The Original Online Retail (Without The Screen)

16 Ways Catalog Shopping Was The Original Online Retail (Without The Screen)

ByCaleb Hayes May 31, 2025May 28, 2025

Remember when the arrival of the Sears catalog was basically a national holiday? That thick,…

19 Classic American Fast Food Chains No One Remembers

19 Classic American Fast Food Chains No One Remembers

ByLila Barnes May 31, 2025May 26, 2025

Remember when grabbing fast food wasn’t just about the giant brands we see on every…

15 Office Rules From The 70s That Sound Unbelievable From Today’s Perspective

15 Office Rules From The 70s That Sound Unbelievable From Today’s Perspective

ByLila Barnes May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Step into a 1970s office and you’d hardly recognize the workplace compared to today. Back…

28 Iconic Songs That Are Instantly Recognizable By Their Intros

28 Iconic Songs That Are Instantly Recognizable By Their Intros

ByLila Barnes May 29, 2025

Music has an amazing power to transport us back in time with just a few…

15 Things From the ’80s We Couldn’t Wait to Leave Behind

15 Things From the ’80s We Couldn’t Wait to Leave Behind

ByCaleb Hayes May 29, 2025

The 1980s gave us some amazing stuff like MTV and the Walkman, but not everything…

15 Ways We Planned Vacations Before the Internet – And Why It Had Its Own Kind of Magic

15 Ways We Planned Vacations Before the Internet – And Why It Had Its Own Kind of Magic

ByLila Barnes May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Remember when planning a vacation was half the adventure? Before the days of apps and…

14 Retro Job Titles That Sound Fictional Now (But Were Totally Real)

14 Retro Job Titles That Sound Fictional Now (But Were Totally Real)

ByCaleb Hayes May 28, 2025

Before computers, smartphones, and modern conveniences, people earned their living in ways that might seem…

16 Trends That Started in the 1940s But Still Influence Fashion Today

16 Trends That Started in the 1940s But Still Influence Fashion Today

ByLila Barnes May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

The 1940s wasn’t just about World War II. It was a revolutionary decade for fashion….

12 Outrageous Things That Were Advertised as Kid-Friendly in the ’60s and ’70s

12 Outrageous Things That Were Advertised as Kid-Friendly in the ’60s and ’70s

ByLila Barnes May 27, 2025May 26, 2025

Looking back at vintage advertisements from the ’60s and ’70s reveals a shocking disregard for…

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