Anecdotes about changes: televisions, radios, telephones, record players, electric clock radios, the first remote control for tvs, the hide-a-bed, the BarcaLounger, party lines, electric toasters, central heat, air conditioning, refrigerators, typwriters, wall-to-wall carpet, electric dishwashers, air-tight packaging, cellophane, Tupperware, individually wrapped cereal boxes, TV dinners, Tang, canned beans, biscuits, soup, cook in a minute foods, gas ranges, electric appliances (mixers, percolators, blenders, can openers, hair dryers, and massagers), washing machines, clothes dryers, laundromats, gasoline-powered flatiron, permanet press clothing, perma-broom, O-Cedar sponge mop, Hoover vacuum, White and Singer electric sewing machines, fads and fantasies (Duncan yo-yo, Slinky, Barbie and Ken dolls with accessories, miniature house accessories, the Hula Hoop, Avon cosmetics, hair remedies (clips, shampoos, permanents, hairdryers, the electric curling iron), Johnson's baby powder and baby oil, Max Factor nail enamel, false nails, Brylcreem, electric razors (Schick, Burma-Shave, Aqua Velva), Evening in Paris perfume, Blue Waltz perfume, the indoor bathroom, soft water with Culligan, electric water heaters, new bathtubs, rainbow colored towels, Rubbermaid housewares, Prell shampoo, Ivory soap, "no more tears" Johnson's baby shampoo, better dental care: toothpaste, Dentyne, toothbrushes), Kleenex tissue, Delsey bath tissue, Scot Tissue, manual lawn mower, power lawn mowers, backyard barbecues (electric grills, backyard games, web-striped folding chairs, picnic tablesjungle gyms, swing sets, wading pools and pink flamingo lawn ornaments), the Brownie camera, movie cameras and movie projectors, puttering in the garage, radios and air conditioning in cars.