The Barbie doll entered the world during the sixties and, as we know it, became an instant sensation. By the year 1965, sales were valued at $100,000,000. It all happened because creator Ruth Handler witnessed her daughter playing with paper dolls.
Handler named the doll after her beloved daughter, and thus, the phenomenon was created, bringing joys to millions of girls (and boys) around the globe.
Getting Mail Twice a Day
For the older boomers, this might be a distant memory, but a memory nonetheless! According to the USPS, mail carriers would actually deliver mail and packages up to twice a day to all residential homes. This happened until about 1950.
The fact that we can now get hundreds of emails every day is kind of crazy too.
Obsessive About About Bell-Bottoms
Known as the fashion symbol for the hippies, these pants surprisingly originated from Navy uniforms. They were then famously worn by folks like Sonny and Cher and even Elvis Presley and became the trademark jeans of the 60s and 70s.
Young boomers loved their bellbottoms, especially when they were paired with beautiful suede or leather boots. That was peak coolness.
Afros Everywhere
The bigger, the better. Back then, that was the look of choice, and if you had curly or thicker hair, then you were in luck. Men and women were walking around town, all sporting their best and wildest afro their hair could muster.
Think of it as today's undercut or man bun. You were simply nobody if you didn't have a thick and puffy afro.
Getting Cut Up By Soda Tabs
Back then, pulling a ring from a can was not for the faint of heart. These things would tear open a small wedge-shape at the top of the can. Not that only that, but as it was often thrown to the ground, it would inevitably be stepped on and cause quite the injury. It was an epidemic across the country.
In one 1976 New York Times report, it was reported that the majority of beach injuries "were due to cuts inflicted by discarded pop tabs." Gotta get that tetanus shot.