“My husband had to sign so I could get a driver’s license.”

Here’s what people had to say:

1.

“Anytime you answered a phone, you had no idea who was calling you.”

Young woman relaxing on a bed while talking on a corded phone, surrounded by photos and notes on the wall. She looks at a photo album in her lap

I couldn’t even open a bank account when I got married."

“Dogs pooping everywhere.

NOBODY picked up dog poop.

Man and woman looking at a map on the hood of a car

And there were free-roaming pets, especiallydogs, which are far rare now except in rural areas.

“How utterly unsupervised we were as tiny children.

“The Yellow Pages.”

A woman with long, straight hair wearing a white blouse and high-waisted pants is writing at a bank counter in a 1960s-style setting

“Smoking in hospitals and on airplanes.”

“When talking on the phone, you had to stay within a 6' circle.”

“Always carrying dimes, later quarters, when on a date, in case things went sideways.”

A group of people, including one man and two women wearing coats and hats, walk several small dogs on a city sidewalk

“Job listings by gender.”

“As soon as I turned 13, it was assumed by the entire neighborhood that I would babysit.

It was common for me to have three kids under the age of seven for hours at a time.

Two children are playing lawn darts together outside on a grassy lawn

This was considered normal for all my friends, too.”

Milk, eggs, cheese, and other dairy-adjacent items were delivered to the house weekly.

And the milk and OJ were in glass, returnable bottles.”

I don't know who these people are. A man in a suit and tie holds an open phone book, pointing to a page, while speaking at a podium with microphones. Another man stands behind him

“Girls couldn’t wear pants in elementary school.

Lots of pictures of snow days, and we’re wearing knee socks!”

You told them what floor you wanted.”

Keith Moon and Pete Townshend sit in an airplane, with Keith holding a cigarette and wearing a T-shirt, and Pete in a dark coat, both looking at the camera

“Photos were expensive, more rare, and took time to even see how they turned out.

It cost extra to expedite.”

17.And finally, “Putting my oldest child on the floorboards in the car.

A woman lies on a bed talking on a rotary phone, with a red stuffed toy by her side, in a room with a lamp and crochet bedspread

This was before car seats.

A young child in a vintage phone booth holding a phone receiver to their ear, smiling. Signs on the booth mention that no coins are needed to call 911

Passengers seated on an airplane look ahead while a flight attendant holds a tray with lobster, a roll, and side dishes in front of them

Shirley Jones types on a Hermes typewriter, holding a paper with one hand while resting her chin in the other. A red vase with flowers and desk organizer are beside her

A woman sits at a table reading a book while holding a baby on her lap. The table is cluttered with books and papers

A milkman in a striped apron and shirt is delivering glass milk bottles to a doorstep in front of a brick building

Two children, wearing coats and winter hats, play in the snow. One child sweeps snow with a broom, while the other gathers snow in their hands

Person stands between two elevators holding groceries. The clock above shows 12:00. Two potted plants are on either side of the elevators

Group of people seated, with an older woman in the foreground taking a photo with a camera

Man holding a baby while standing next to a car in a residential neighborhood