Cool Things From The Past (19 pics)

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This time capsule note from 1998 that mentions Bill Clinton just as the Monica Lewinsky scandal was breaking (back when Clinton was still denying everything):

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This Gameboy from the Gulf War that wrecked my perception of time:

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This stamp of Charles and Diana from 1981:

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This speech for President Nixon in case Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't get back to Earth:

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These "easy-to-follow instructions" for making all kinds of drugs from 1973:

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As well as this old drug education kit with the actual drugs it was describing:

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This fill-in-the-blank letter to troops in Vietnam:

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This list of expenses for a University of Alabama student in 1929, which totals under $100 for a quarter:

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This 1965 church cookbook that lists married women using their husbands' last name:

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This old vaccine card that prove they're nothing new:

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These instructions from a 1911 book of home remedies:

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Along with this display of mobile phones from their inception until today, which shows just how quickly things change:

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This briefcase that had a separate compartment for floppy disks:

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This Netflix instant streaming disc for Wii:

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This prediction that computers won't take over the world, actually, from 1980:

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This "Kraft Dinner" from 1979 that proves Kraft has been around for a while, but it used to look pretty different: