I found some old magazines

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As some of you know I use pictures from old magazines in my art, and today I found about 20 old magazines. Most of them are from the 30s and the 40s, and a few of them are from the 60s. I found several pictures for my art, and I also enjoyed reading some of the articles and stories. One of the stories was called "Danish schools in the year 2000" It was written in the 30s, and it was pretty entertaining. They didn't include things like computers in the story, and some of the other ideas were too optimistic like the things about ultra fast transportation between the US and Europe. They mentioned that a flight from the US to Europe would take about 10 minutes in the year 2000 In one of the magazines from the 60s there was a contest. The prizes were divided in groups. "Dad" was able to choose from of a list of prizes and "mom" had a different list to choose from. "Mom's" prizes were : a washing machine, a vacuum cleaner, a stove, a fridge, a freezer and a sewing machine. "Dad" was able to choose between a small boat, a cassette player, a TV, a camera, a toolbox and some wine. In other words the lists reflect the gender roles at that time. I read the list aloud to my husband and he laughed and said: "It is too bad that they don't have that kind of contests anymore. I would get all the interesting things and you would only get household appliances" I am glad that things are different now The photo is from one of the magazines. According to the ad this dessert is so easy to make that even a child can do it.