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1974: the Gadgets and other Boons

1974: the Gadgets and other Boons

Was the green really that bad?

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Jun 04, 2025
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This is usually cast-off day, but there was nothing cast-off, because there was nothing written. So why don’t we look at a Donaldson’s Home Fair circular, mailed to homes in the Twin Cities in 1974.

As if you couldn’t tell the decade.

What interests me about this, aside from the color, is the number of items that we still use today. I mean, I don’t know why we wouldn’t, but some things just seem to have a particular persistence.

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