Classic 1950's TV Dinner Trays Set of Four In Original Packaging by Serv-A-Stan

Description: Classic 1950's TV Dinner Trays Set of Four In Original Packaging by Serv-A-Stan Adults of a Certain Age: Are you ready to mystify your Millennial grandchildren? Here is the perfect gift to set their heads spinning and give them a chance to say directly to you: "OK Boomer!" Complete set of 4 Serv-A-Dish TV Dinner Trays in their original box with their original packaging. (The trays have been lightly used, but stored in their protective sleeves.) Each tray is just under 11" square and features a lithographed vine of green ivy highlighted in red against a bone-white background. The box has some slight tears and stains, but will make a great conversation piece. During the legendary mid-century era we lived amongst rampant tackiness and didn't even know it! Thankfully, much of the detritus of those times has long ago ended up in what we used to call "The Dump." But some relics survive.... Such as the ubiquitous and nearly indestructible TV Dinner Trays we gathered around for our communal meals with the amazingly stoic and hypnotic guest cyclops we had recently invited into our home. All products being made during that era were either "Space Age" or "TV" (and if you were lucky, sometimes a combination of the two). For us, TV Dinner Trays were the piece-de-resistance that signified our entry into a new age that solidly linked consumerism to trash. Serv-A-Stan may sound like a nation nestled among the many other Euro-Asian "Stans" but it actually was something (according to their advertising) that "mom was longing for" in 1955. Well, the 50's were nothing if not about vanquishing unrequited desire and it did not take long for every household in the USA to have at least one set of TV Dinner Trays stored near the Tube, poised for action: dinner, lunch, breakfast, snacks, cocktails, smokes, whatever it took for an excuse to set up for a well-insulated session with the TV (TV's didn't talk back in those days). And, so it went downhill from there! PS: Yes, Millennials I know you are going to repurpose these, so have fun!THE WAY WE WERE THE 50'S WEREN'T SO BAD? Well, looking back the 50's were good time in many ways. People will always say: "life was simpler back then." I recently moved Portland Pandemonium (and myself) away from the big city of Portland to a small town about 35 miles out into the country. The difference is stunning; life is so otherwise here that it may as well be a million miles away, or indeed, back in the 50's. I say this because even though the 1950's are long gone I've been having plenty of deja vu moments in my day-to-day life here that echo what it was like growing up back then: Kids riding bikes around together and playing in the street, dogs tagging along on their own, the Dairy Queen parking lot full of families with tailgates down, lemonade stands, and one of the last drive theaters still standing and still vibrantly alive. There is just one high school, just one main drag, and no Wal*Mart, Home Depot, Costco, or other big boxes. The local college is a 130 year old Quaker institution. You know half the people in the grocery line and there is always a chat. Small community celebrations are expressed with rodeos, parades, fairs, tastings, festivals, concerts, and dances. Roadside farm stands abound, tasting rooms are everywhere, and perhaps most telling, there are ten times as many churches than all the pot shops, taverns, and Starbucks combined. It's quiet, peaceful, safe, and mellow and I often have palpable moments that feel like I'm living in the best of the 50's.... I can sense it in my bones, the surroundings, atmosphere, ambience, and even in the vibes, man! Of course, as a Boomer, I have a special place in my heart for things from that sweet spot that existed from the 1940's through the 1960's, and I always love finding those special things that touch me deep in my mid-century brain. The difference is that now I am not collecting those things for myself, but picking them up just for you! We always have plenty of odd-ball & quirky stuff from those particular days gone by. So, if you love that kind of stuff, you might want to drop into my 50's Weren't So Bad shop and have a look around: https://www.ebay.com/str/portlandpandemonium/1950s-Werent-So-Bad/_i.html?store_cat=38704220017 We Will Scratch Your Vintage Itch Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

Price: 39 USD

Location: Newberg, Oregon

End Time: 2024-12-31T18:42:06.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.6 USD