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I was 2 when our family went to the fair. Somewhere I've got the home movies. I was too little to go on the elevator to the top of the Space Needle, but I remember looking up at it while my olde brother volunteered to wait with me at the bottom. I still can see my feet sticking out of the stroller from my pov. I probably made this comment before.

Grew up in a neighborhood that was built on an old Gimbel’s estate in NJ. The builder kept the mansion for his family & built 25 homes around it in a horseshoe. I acre min. Only one hour & 20 to the city. Lots of woods & places to explore as a kid

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I miss the old Vernors. Had it growing up in Buffalo. The current Vernors with high fructose corn syrup and no mention of ginger is not the same at all. I am looking for a ginger ale that uses real sugar and ginger as the original Vernors did hoping to relive the good old days...have an order of Blenheim arriving this week. If any of you have any ideas or recommendations I would love to hear it!

WE NEED TO GO BACK

It's kind of funny. My father work for Kroger's and my aunt worked for a&p. They used to sit down and argue back and forth about which store was better. It was hilarious

My father worked for Kroger's for over 35 years. We were a Kroger household. Everything we bought was from Kroger's. Everything we ate was from Kroger's. Everything we drank was from Kroger's so Kroger was a big part of our life growing up and we still go there for the fine quality and items that they sell

could you make it any harder to discern what city this is?

Being a wife and mom was rather fulfilling.

Walt Disney had some things here. =D

Thank you for sharing! Such fond memories!

I know it's been said already but just to reiterate, the San Antonio Riverwalk was not a result of the 1968 World's Fair

I'm 76 years old and I remember all of those things. It was a MUCH better time for everyone. And when people left church they all tried to be better people. I miss those times.

Rather than being the decade that style forgot or forgotten style, the 70s were really one of the MOST STYLISH decades in our modern history. I guess it depends on what one considers to be "style". I loved it, and wish it would come back. Everything blended well and every piece in the home complemented the overall look. The colors worked great together, and the entire environment was one of warmth, creativity, comfort and cheerfulness. Seems folks enjoyed life much more back then. Look at today's home environments -- bleak, boring, industrial looking, like living in a warehouse or factory. Grays, ecrus, beiges, maybe a little black here or there, but overall, GRIM! Matching, I must say, the spirit of our times. I can't see it lasting much longer.

FABULOSO MEMORIES ❤

We NEED a Boomer Town So we Don't Have to put up this with the sh*t of today. What the hell happened????

i was born and raised in SA and was 18 at the time of the fair. I went dozens of times during that 6 months; my mom was getting tickets as low as $1 each! Little is left of the original fair buildings except the tower, US pavilion, and Institute of Texan Cultures, and a few historic buildings that had been incorporated into the fair. I recently found att the pictures I took there and digitized them, first time I'd seen them in years! Fun times for ol' San Antonio.

The store in Bishop, Ca closed in April 2021. As a kid I remember doing there with my Mom and grandmothers. The qwners cited several reasons, internal and external, for the closure.

YES!

Thanks for the history lesson

When the people were in better health physically.

There was a miniature golf course in the Better Living Center and if you putted a hole in one on the final hole, you won a free game. My friend, Mike, scored a hole in one. We walked him through his free game, and lo and behold, he won a second free game. We left him by himself to play and returned just in time to watch him ace the final hole yet again. This time, however, his brother grabbed him by the collar and made him leave. That's just one of dozens of fine memories from the 1964-5 World's Fair which took place in what was essentially our backyards. Bring it back!

Along with macramé came the first big tropical plant craze, but one of the biggest trends was the craft "Ceramics." I think every item that previously started out in some other material was duplicated in a mold for mass production ceramics, followed with a huge selection of glaze innovations. It almost felt like there was a Ceramic store on every block. On another thought, when did the Dick Van Dyke show set have a sunk in pit ? They had a conversation area, and a raised "step platform" along the back but no pit.

Went there with my parents and little brother when I was 11. We had great fun!

Best years of my life were spent with 45 foot ChrisCraft Tournament Sport Fisherman. Sold it 11 years ago and still miss it

I was the remote in our house. Kids usually were.

The last picture shown @ 8:34 had flat rolled socks....Rolled bobby socks with saddle oxfords: we would cut the tops off another pair of bobby socks and then roll it inside the rolled cuff of the bobby socks we alread had on...the bobby sock then had a thicker roll...We would also wear 2 crinoline underskirts under our flared skirts and jumpers and a be-bopping, swing and jitterbugging we would go. LOL 40sBoomer

San Antonio is a beautiful city. If it wasn’t for the hot and humid suffocating weather days between May and September it would be perfect. I remember as a kid, June, July and August were the hottest (especially August) months of the year. So, if you visit San Antonio, it’s better if you do it between October and February or even March. Respect to the people working on the roads during hot season and roofers, construction workers. At least you’re not spending hours under the sun. But San Antonio is a beautiful city and most people still smile at you and they’re approachable if you need to ask them something. There are plenty of places to visit and learn about history, mainly Spanish, Mexican and American culture and heritage.

Back when women were able to get along and no shade

My Father was born in Chicago in 1931. Growing up in New Jersey I only visited Chicago once in the summer of 1967. I wish I could have seen this Holiday chee

I was 8, I remember the mini monorail derailing, it made the front page.

Fast Forward to June 7th, 2024 and Pat Sajak hosts his Final Episode of Wheel of Fortune after 41 Years

Before they cleared all that stuff out of there. It was my brothers and sisters playground. Lots of running around exploring and hide and seek when it was pretty much all abandoned. The city has done lots of reworking of the area. Lots of great memories there. Thank you so much for this video that gives a glimpse into what was there before it was left to sit and eventually redone over. I believe the only thing left from 68 fair at hemisfair park is the tower and Texan cultures building. Though there is talk of that coming down (Texan cultures building) as well

I’ve been watching Men in Black when I was a kid.

Life before the internet was much better people would hang out more and go to malls

So MANY grocery stores I am familiar with here in Southern California from the late 1970's and on. After the military, I worked for 18 years with Vons/Pavilions, however, my early childhood years was in the Youngstown/Girard, OH area and so A&P was one of the stores my grandmother would shop at. I just remembered how the employees would know REGULAR CUSTOMERS and she was addressed as Mrs. Morgan. I would like to believe that this was a precursor to me LEARNING PROPERLY to address customers as it shows respect and appreciation for shoppers shopping with the store.

I don't see anything on the 90s

I was just a kid when my family and I went. It was amazing! I still have the glasses my mom bought back then with the various exhibitions on them.

Most wood paneling from the era was real wood... just thinly sliced and fabricated into paneling.

I love that I can call this home. Born and raised and now living on the north side of the city.

My whole family (parents and 4 kids from age 16 to 12) went. Unfortunately my parents looked at it as solely an educational experience for us, taking us through the different country pavilions. Didn't go on a single ride, no ride on the monorail, etc.

I was there in 1965 when in high school 61 years ago. Mumps was sweeping all the high schools throughout the country as well I think. I got it and just had to go there before it ended in a month or so at the tail end of my sickness. I went alone by subway but started feeling not well and had to leave after about an hour. I saw It’s A Small World After All, the DuPont experiments, the Ford miniature vehicles that looked like Mazdas moving on future highways, the monorail which had already been at the Seattle World's Fair, the video calls of the future that wouldn’t be here until 2015. I'll never forget it!

I did enjoy this video. it brought back a lot of memories, thanks! 😀

Thank you Memory Mountain for another nostalgic video. Born in '49 the 60s were my growing up years and I wouldn't want to have grown up in any other time. Such fond, wonderful memories and I feel blessed to have been there.

What a wonderful look back!!

Fun time looking back!❤️

Went with my mother and older brother. Rode the bumper cars. 7 years old.

The taste of Vernor's has changed. It no longer contains ginger and therefore can not be labelled as "ginger ale." It is now a "ginger soda." The label only says it contains artificial and natural ingredients. The flavor is milder because people in other parts of the country who did not grow up with Vernor's mostly didn't like it. The same company also makes Canada Dry and Schweppes, which do contain ginger and are labeled "ginger ale."

This video was very well put together I have always shopped at target ever since I was young.

I was there at 16 years old. It was something for a kid that had never been to San Antonio.