1. Here's a little sample of what teenagers were looking for in a partner in 1955. u/norbertt / Via reddit.com 2. Here's what a child's car seat looked like in the 1930s and '40s. H. Armstrong Roberts / H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock 3. Here is the "Mona Lisa" next to a copy painted by one of da Vinci's students. The copy is better preserved, so we can more clearly picture what the "Mona Lisa" looked like when it was first painted. (And y'all — she has eyebrows!) - / AFP via Getty Images 4. Here's the original model for Mount Rushmore, showing it was supposed to have full busts along with the heads. Vintage Images / Getty Images 5. Here is what the first Taco Bell looked like. You can find it at their headquarters in California. u/thenewyorkgod / Via reddit.com 6. And here is one of their original menus. u/HelloSlowly / Via reddit.com 7. Here's who the Wendy's logo was based on — Wendy Morse, whose father Dave Thomas founded the fast food chain. You can see a younger version of her here. Will & Deni Mcintyre / Getty Images Related: "18 People Share \"Painfully Embarrassing\" Moments That Still Haunt Them Today"
8. Here's what a ticket to Disneyland looked like in 1997 — and how much it cost. u/Spike-Ball / Via reddit.com 9. Here is a recipe for Girl Scout Cookies from 1922, when Girl Scouts would actually make the cookies themselves. u/easterbunny04 / Via reddit.com 10. Here are some 1960s tips to remain "feminine" as you smoke cigarettes. u/HejdaaNils / Via reddit.com 11. And here's Betty Crocker's advice for women. elzibet / Via reddit.com 12. Here is a depiction of prisoners using the first version of the treadmill at Brixton Prison in London in 1825. Treadmills were originally invented to help prisoners "atone" for their crimes. Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Via Hulton Archive/Getty Images 13. Here is one of the original 1930s Shell gas stations. u/Turbulent-Ring216 / Via reddit.com 14. Here is one of the original Jolly Roger pirate flags — only two currently exist worldwide. Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images 15. Here is a diary entry from the day WWI ended. u/ABitChewie / Via reddit.com 16. And here's what a draft notice looked like during WWII. u/Poisonry / Via reddit.com 17. Here is the actual bus that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on. Bill Pugliano / Getty Images 18. Here is the first and third-class menu from the night the Titanic sank. u/ZookeepergameDull285 / Via reddit.com 19. Here's the evolution of the Dunkin' Donuts logo. u/LopsidedCauliflower8 / Via reddit.com Related: "14 Mind-Blowing Facts That Will Leave You Speechless"
20. Here's a look back at how much things cost in the '90s. u/mrblahblahblah / Via reddit.com 21. And here's a $170 bill for a semester at Harvard from 1869. u/Interesting-Click-12 / Via reddit.com 22. Here's a version of a selfie stick from 1997, from a book titled 99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions. ispent15minutesonthi / Via reddit.com 23. Here is one of the cards people across America received in the mail in the '60s when zip codes were first created. u/cobaltbpt / Via reddit.com 24. Here is a list of tips to help prevent the spread of influenza, which are super weird to look at post-COVID lockdown. u/Majoodeh / Via reddit.com 25. Here's what women's bathing suits looked like in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Fpg / Getty Images 26. Here's one of the original sketches for the game Super Mario Bros. , done using graph paper. Kotaku / Via youtube.com 27. Here's what letters to Santa looked like in 1897. u/EstelSnape / Via reddit.com 28. Here's what the Hollywood sign used to look like — it actually used to say "Hollywoodland." Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Related: "This Viral Driving Tip Could Save Your Life"
29. Here is how much you would receive on average if you lost a limb at work in 1890. u/TheSeansei / Via reddit.com 30. This is what Sprite cans used to look like. u/TeamSuguha / Via reddit.com 31. And this is what the original Mountain Dew looked like. please-dont-judege / Via reddit.com 32. This is what reclining seats on aircrafts used to look like. Authenticated News / Getty Images 33. And here is an example of a first-class lounge on a 1960s airplane. Marka / Getty Images 34. Here is an example of a classified ad from 1865. Lepke2011 / Via reddit.com 35. Here's a list of causes of death in London in 1632. u/World-Tight / Via reddit.com 36. Here's what "party food" looked like in the 1950s. u/SamTheHamJam / Via reddit.com 37. Here's what house and mortgage prices were like in the late '50s/early '60s. u/Quick_Presentation11 / Via reddit.com 38. Here's a hospital bill for giving birth from 1930. u/ApolloBollo / Via reddit.com 39. Here are the top 50 songs of 1972. u/Quick_Presentation11 / Via reddit.com 40. Here's what New York subway cars used to look like. Check out more vintage subway cars here.
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43. Here is the original Xbox prototype. u/clam_powder / Via reddit.com 44. And here's what an old one-game Nintendo gaming console from 1982 looked like. u/Clacefe / Via reddit.com 45. Here's what was in cough syrup in the 1800s. u/Delicious-Let8429 / Via reddit.com 46. And here's an old nursing kit from the early 1900s that has cocaine tablets, back when it was used as medicine. Crepes_for_days3000 / Via reddit.com 47. Here's an old newspaper ad for Jaws when it first came out. u/Stardust4242 / Via reddit.com 48. Here are instructions for turning on lights in a home, back when houses first began to incorporate electricity. u/NPC3 / Via reddit.com 49. Here are newspapers from when JFK died and from when humankind first stepped foot on the moon. [deleted] / Via reddit.com 50. Here is the original list of basketball rules, created in 1891. Chris Hondros / Getty Images 51. Here's what a $5 bill looked like in 1896. boogie-sauce / Via reddit.com 52. Here's what the Statue of Liberty looked like as it was being built in Paris. Hulton Archive / Getty Images 53. Here's what your average work desk looked like in 1966. u/MrFSS / Via reddit.com 54. Here are examples throughout history of people saying the exact same things about the younger generations. u/bawla-hedgehog / Via reddit.com 55. And finally, here's an instructional video about using the internet from 1997 that made me realize just how much has changed in the last 27 years. ZookeepergameDull285 / Via reddit.com Your daily brain workout: This 25-Word Mega Word Chain Is So Hard That Only Actual Geniuses Can Solve It
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