Glossy Time Capsules #27: Family Circle - April, 1969

 Glossy Time Capsules #27

Family Circle

April, 1969

Price: 20 cents

Yes,  it's another Family Circle! A favorite around these parts (apparently?), we've looked at issues from 1942, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1982, and 1986, but now it's time to explore 1969! And, sure, it might be pretty similar to the 1970 issue we've already looked at... I can't deny that one was rather exciting, what with the presence of Santa Claus, Fisher-Price Little People toys, and the words "Pooh's capacious body." But just you wait. This one has none of that, plus CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS!

So. In 1969, we were still 8 years away from Star Wars, and yet BEHOLD the side buns!

Note Scatter Perm's packaging -- the orange? That's important, because apparently 90% of ALL things were orange in 1969!

Hair was orange...

Food was orange...

Face paint was orange... (and tampons were... clear? Ew, what?)

Bathroom decor was orange (and dark green? I mean... okay.)

Fabric was orange...

Even appliances could be orange...

... that is, when they weren't busy being other delightful colors.

As always, the kids are just thrilled it's flameless.

Nothing was safe from the late 60s of it all...

Meanwhile, it was Easter time, which meant you should probably be starting a business making bunny or chicken crafts, if you had nothing better to do.

1969 fashion was, as you might expect, simultaneously glorious and disturbing...

Even baby Brooke Shields was rocking the latest toddler fashions...

Beloved illustrator Garth Williams (Charlotte's Web, Little House on the Prairie) tried his hand at writing, below, cementing his place in history as a really great... illustrator. (Okay, I'll give him Baby Animals.)

A few more ads, for your amusement...

"Eat 8 more and you'll have the complete 225 calorie meal itself." Why thank you, I think I shall!

And now, it's time for the favorite section of yours and mine...

NEAT THINGS YOU SHOULD BUY!!

Oh, too soon.

And finally -- fear not, teens of the future! Skin problems will be NO MORE, thanks to the invention of HyperpHaze!

Six white teenagers agreed: IT WORKS. Six weeks later, their faces melted off and they were heard from no more.

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