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⛽️ Full-service gas stations, Happy Days, 50s bathroom tile, Pinto cars, peanut butter brands, vintage science kits, Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Space Shuttle program & more!

April 30, 2026

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Hi, and thanks for joining the newsletter list on the Click Americana website! Here’s a quick look at some of the new and updated vintage & retro articles and pictures we have for you. 😎

The amazing Home of the Future at Disneyland showed how the 50s imagined the 80s

Monsanto's Home of the Future was at Disneyland in the 50s. Imagined as if in the futuristic year 1986, the house was built almost entirely of plastic.

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This Atomic Energy Lab kit toy was actually a thing for kids in the 50s

In the early 1950s, an atomic energy lab kit for kids hit the toy store shelves. The thing was *actually radioactive*. The set had real uranium ore, and children could conduct real scientific experiments. Here's what they were like!

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Space Shuttle Columbia took off 40+ years ago — and the jaw-dropping full story deserves a second look

Looking back: The easy way to take pictures back in 1964 - with a Kodak Instamatic camera!

The drive-up Fotomat store offered fast & easy next day film developing in the 1970s & 1980s - Click Americana

You didn't go into a Fotomat Store - you stopped by it. The corner store was for toothpaste and funny books, and the Fotomat Store was for film & developing. Take a look back!

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