12 Things Every Family Packed Into The STATION WAGON 1960s Road Trip

Before the engine ever turned over, the whole summer went into the station wagon by hand. The steel Coleman cooler sweating on the floor. The AAA TripTik flipped page by page from the passenger seat, and the Rand McNally atlas that never once folded back right. The Kodak Instamatic that came out at every state line. The pillows and blankets spread across the way-back, where the smallest of us rode flat out with no seat and no belt, waving at truckers through the rear glass. This is a look back at twelve things every family packed into the wagon for a 1960s road trip, and the summers they carried. If you grew up riding loose in the back of a moving car, with the dog underfoot and the smell of coffee up front before dawn, you already know exactly how this felt. It was a different country, and for two weeks every summer, it was the whole world. Resources used to create this video: https://www.coleman.com/coolers-drink... https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/da... https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/artic... https://myauctionfinds.com/2016/04/27... https://www.raineyknudson.com/post/61... https://theoldtimey.com/vintage-samso... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsonite https://bricksonite.com/view/shwayder... https://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa... https://www.thehenryford.org/collecti... https://artsandculture.google.com/ass... https://regal-games.com/pages/about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instamatic https://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Instamatic https://filmphotographyproject.com/12... https://www.legendary66.com/route-66-... https://www.marquettehistory.org/blog... https://goneoutdoors.com/desert-water... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_be... https://www.ghsa.org/state-laws-issue... https://www.history.com/articles/seat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal... https://www.archives.gov/milestone-do... https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...