1960s Homes - 15 Forgotten Things From 1960s American Homes | Memory Lane

Take a nostalgic walk through 1960s homes and remember the forgotten things that filled them: the milk box on the porch, the percolator, the TV sign-off, the party line and the Sears Wish Book. If you grew up in the 60s, this trip down memory lane will feel like coming home. 1960s homes were full of small everyday things we rarely see today. In this video we step inside a typical house of the decade, room by room, remembering how life in the 1960s really looked, sounded and smelled. From the kitchen to the front door, these 1960s homes held the memories so many baby boomers still carry. Walk down memory lane with us, and tell us in the comments which of these nostalgic memories from 1960s homes you remember best. This is a gentle memory lane story about 1960s homes and the families who lived in them. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:35 #1 The Milk Box 1:10 #2 The Percolator 1:42 #3 The Metal Ice Cube Tray 2:18 #4 The Jell-O Mold 2:44 #5 The Television Console 3:17 #6 The TV Sign-Off 3:51 #7 The Plastic Slipcover 4:22 #8 The Rotary Telephone 4:50 #9 The Party Line 5:22 #10 The Sears Wish Book 5:57 #11 The Razor Blade Slot 6:32 #12 Slide Night 7:13 #13 The Home Movie Camera 7:41 #14 The TV Dinner 8:14 #15 The Unlocked Front Door #1960s #memorylane #1960snostalgia Archival footage courtesy of the Prelinger Archives and the Internet Archive (archive.org), public domain. Home movie footage: "The Glasco Family - The Wichita Years (8mm)", Internet Archive, licensed under CC BY 3.0 US (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/). Photos via Wikimedia Commons: "Milk-bottle.jpg" by FiveRings (talk), CC BY 3.0 "Coffee percolator & accoutrements.jpg" by Matthew Dawkins, CC BY 2.0 "Get Outdoors contest entry Douthat State Park (29224300067).jpg" by Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0 "Percolator coffee in the kitchen.jpg" by Charles Hutchins, CC BY 2.0 "Pyrex 4-Cup Coffee Percolator.jpg" by goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento), CC BY 2.0 "1948KELVINATOR (8205072109).jpg" by 1950sUnlimited, CC BY 2.0 "Illustrated recipe for 'Under the Sea Salad' Wellcome L0072306.jpg" by unknown, CC BY 4.0 "Table spread with Tater Tot Hotdish and Lime Green Jello Salad, 2025 Wikipedia Day-01.jpg" by Myotus, CC BY 4.0 "20260210 Fernsehtruhe Kuba Komet (1961) Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin anagoria.jpg" by anagoria, CC BY 3.0 "Bush TV62 television set, UK, 1956.jpg" by electromechanic812291, CC BY 2.0 "RCA 621TS Television Receiver (1946) with optional blonde cabinet, MoMI.jpg" by Marcin Wichary from San Francisco, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 "Sparton "Kingsway" Television (Model 23L1T), circa 1965 - Advertising Postcard (7298953220).jpg" by Steve Shook from Moscow, Idaho, USA, CC BY 2.0 "Vintage Television Media Stand With Teac Record Player (247221611).jpeg" by Gordon Chavez, CC BY 3.0 "Old rabbit ears.jpg" by Daniel Christensen (talk), CC BY 3.0 "Rabbit-ears dipole antenna with UHF loop 20090204.jpg" by Mark Wagner (User:Carnildo), CC BY 2.5 "Summerlee Miners Row 1960s Living Room.jpg" by Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, CC BY 3.0 "Rotary dial wall telephone in Paris.jpg" by THOR, CC BY 2.0 "Night telephone operator, 1960 - Flickr - Seattle Municipal Archives.jpg" by Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 4.0 "Seattle Police Department switchboard, circa 1960s (53369153271).jpg" by Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0 "New Year tree toys 1950-1960s.jpg" by Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0 "Vintage Mattel Thingmaker Creepy Crawlers toy with aluminum molds (16228310124).jpg" by Kyle Van Horn from Baltimore, MD, CC BY 2.0 "Vintage Women's Safety Razor, No Manufacturer Markings On The Razor (25820514142).jpg" by Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY 2.0 "Carmen Curlers 22 1960s heated hair rollers device Kalundborg Denmark.jpg" by R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0 "Bedspread (AM 1968.25-1).jpg" by A Grant, CC BY 4.0 "Bedspread (AM 1968.25-2).jpg" by A Grant, CC BY 4.0 "Bedspread (AM 1968.25-3).jpg" by A Grant, CC BY 4.0 "Bedspread (AM 1968.25-4).jpg" by A Grant, CC BY 4.0 "Bedspread (AM 1968.25-5).jpg" by A Grant, CC BY 4.0 "Carousel Trays (5407293768).jpg" by Daniel Oines from USA, CC BY 2.0 "Vivitar Slide Projector (6577389105).jpg" by Wesley Fryer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, CC BY 2.0 "Eumig 824 Super 8.jpg" by foundin_a_attic, CC BY 2.0 "Vintage Bell & Howell Focus-Matic 671 XL Super 8 Zoom Movie Camera, Made In Japan, Circa 1973 (27938881080).jpg" by Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY 2.0 "Swanson TV Dinner 1963 (8222806608).jpg" by 1950sUnlimited, CC BY 2.0 "BywaterMay07MetalScreensHouse.jpg" by see above, CC BY 2.5 Additional public domain images from Wikimedia Commons, NARA and HABS/Library of Congress. Music: "Porch Swing Days - slower" and "Wholesome" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Some illustrations in this video were created with AI.