1.
This time capsule note from 1998 mentions Bill Clinton just as the Monica Lewinsky scandal was coming to light (back when Clinton was still denying everything):
2.
This Gameboy from the Gulf War that destroyed my sense of time:
3.
This stamp of Charles and Diana from 1981:
4.
This speech to President Nixon in the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin could not return to Earth:
5.
These “easy-to-understand instructions” for making all kinds of medicines from 1973:
6.
This sample pack of Quaaludes from the time when they were considered a “breakthrough in sleep therapy”:
7.
As well as this old drug education package with the actual drugs described:
8.
This fill-in-the-blank letter to the troops in Vietnam:
9.
This list of expenses for a student at the University of Alabama in 1929 totals less than $100 per quarter:
10.
This 1965 church cookbook lists married women who use their husband’s last name:
11.
This old vaccination certificate proves that this is nothing new:
12.
And these vintage cigars that serve as proof of gender reveal are nothing new either, although they have certainly become more annoying:
13.
These instructions from a home remedy book from 1911:
14.
This old cell phone with an attachable chat board that now looks very, very outdated:
15.
And this exhibition of mobile phones from their beginnings to today, which shows how quickly things are changing:
16.
This briefcase had a separate compartment for floppy disks:
17.
This Netflix Instant Streaming Disc for Wii:
18.
This prediction that computers will not take over the world actually dates back to 1980:
19.
This “Kraft Dinner” from 1979 proves that Kraft has been around for a long time, but things used to look very different:
20.
This Crayola box also looks completely different:
21.
And this old McDonald’s coupon, probably from the 1960s, proves that not everything has changed:
22.
Someone found this old shampoo with Elvis logo from 1985:
23.
This list of rules for new mothers from the 1940s includes, among other things, that you are not allowed to smoke or use a telephone for an hour before breastfeeding:
25.
These old food brands and brands:
26.
This bill for a wedding from 1961:
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And this receipt for $216 for a honeymoon in 1957:
28.
Aaaand this $57 bill for a birth in 1940:
29.
This table “Desirable weight according to height” from 1959 does not seem correct to me:
30.
To look even further back in time, this old 19th century ad for a “massage” to cure “female hysteria”:
31.
This glowing perfume bottle, which definitely contains uranium:
32.
This holiday advertisement from 1939 downplays the threat posed by Hitler:
33.
This headline from a 1940 newspaper:
34.
And this postcard from 1908, which incidentally shows swastikas:
35.
This 2000 list includes tips for adding more fun to your life, such as “try on your daughter’s makeup when she’s not around” or “drive through the car wash with the windows open.”
36.
This 1919 advertisement was essentially a heated Snuggie:
37.
People found this old note when they removed the old wallpaper in their new home:
38.
These old medicines that look more like poison:
39.
And this old care kit with cocaine in it:
40.
This bill of sale for a 1919 Ford valued at $325:
41.
And finally, this old note from an autograph book from 1908:
